Imagining Russian regions : subnational identity and civil society in nineteenth-century Russia / by Susan Smith-Peter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith-Peter, Susan Joan, 1972- author.

Series:

Russian history and culture ; Volume 19.

Russian History and Culture, 14877-7791 ; Volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Russia--History--19th century.

Regionalism.

Group identity--Russia--History.

Group identity.

Civil society--Russia--History.

Civil society.

Serfs--Emancipation--Russia.

Serfs.

Central-local government relations--Russia--History--19th century.

Central-local government relations.

Russia--History--1801-1917.

Russia.

Russia--Rural conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In Imagining Russian Regions: Subnational Identity and Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Russia , Susan Smith-Peter shows how ideas of civil society encouraged the growth of subnational identity in Russia before 1861. Adam Smith and G.W.F. Hegel’s ideas of civil society influenced Russians and the resulting plans to stimulate the growth of civil society also formed subnational identities. It challenges the view of the provinces as empty space held by Nikolai Gogol, who rejected the new non-noble provincial identity and welcomed a noble-only district identity. By 1861, these non-noble and noble publics would come together to form a multi-estate provincial civil society whose promise was not fulfilled due to the decision of the government to keep the peasant estate institutionally separate.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Imagining Russian Regions

The Imperial Logic of Russian Space

The Era of Small Reforms: The Rise of a Non-Noble Provincial Identity under Nicholas i

What Should Rural Russia Be?: The Shift from Paternalism to Abolitionism among the Russian Nobility, 1830s–50s

Former Serfs and Masters United by Shared Property Rights: Hegel and the Case for a New Rural Civil Society

Centralization and Its Discontents: The Clash between the State and the Followers of the Hegelian Idea of Civil Society

Conclusion: Subnational Identity and Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Russia

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-35351-8

OCLC:

1013744568

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004353510 DOI