Russian notions of power and state in a European perspective, 1462-1725 : assessing the significance of Peter's reign / Endre Sashalmi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sashalmi, Endre, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Series:

Russian thought in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725--Influence.

Peter.

Feofan, Archbishop of Novgorod, 1681-1736--Influence.

Feofan.

Political science--Russia--History.

Political science.

Political culture--Russia--History.

Political culture.

Power (Social sciences)--Russia.

Power (Social sciences).

Nation-building--Russia--History.

Nation-building.

Russia--Politics and government.

Russia.

Russia--History--Peter I, 1689-1725.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 507 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022.

Contents:

PART ONE. Russia and Europe: clarification of terms, and the problem of the state

Issues of methodology, reception, and the benefits of a long-term approach

Territoriality, the name, and the nature of the polity: from the principality of Moscow to the Russian Empire

The idea of the state in Western Christendom in the late Middle Ages and the early Modern Era

The role of metaphors and allegorical personifications in the development of the concept of the state in Western Christendom

The meaning(s) of European perspective

The birth and meaning of the "Russian state narrative"

The consequences of the state narrative: the discovery of Gosudarstvo by Russian history-writing

Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Muscovite perceptions of ruling power: characteristics and methodological aspects of a comparison with Western Christendom

The problem of Samoderzhavie

PART TWO. Notions of power and state in the context of "proprietary dynasticism": Russia and the Western perspective

Richard Pipes's patrimonial interpretation of Russia reconsidered in the light of "proprietary dynasticism"

Aspects of rulership and their relation to each other in early Modern Europe and Russia: proprietary, office, and divine right

Divine right of kings and divine right of tsars: aspects and lessons of a comparison

PART THREE. The origins of theory of law and state in the works of Feofan Prokopovich: an intellectual from the Kievan nest in the service of Peter the Great

Turning points in the Life of Feofan Prokopovich, and his most important political works

Preliminary notes on Prokopovich's theory of law and state

Power, state, law, sovereignty, and contractualism in Feofan Prokopovich's Writings

Female allegorical personification of Russia during the reign of Peter the Great and his successors: visual and written sources, and the notion of state

Epilogue: the importance of Gosudarstvennost' in contemporary Russia

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Sashalmi, Endre, 1964- Russian notions of power and state in a European perspective, 1462-1725

ISBN:

9781644694183

1644694182

Publisher Number:

40031553244

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