Russia's Path toward Enlightenment : Faith, Politics, and Reason, 1500-1801 / Gary M. Hamburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamburg, Gary M., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment--Russia.

Enlightenment.

Russia--History--1533-1613.

Russia.

Russia--History--1613-1689.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (913 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book, focusing on the history of religious and political thinking in early modern Russia, demonstrates that Russia's path toward enlightenment began long before Peter the Great's opening to the West. Examining a broad range of writings, G. M. Hamburg shows why Russia's enlightenment constituted a precondition for the explosive emergence of nineteenth-century writers such as Fedor Dostoyevsky and Vladimir Soloviev.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Searching for Enlightenment

Part I. WISDOM AND WICKEDNESS, 1500-1689

2. God and Politics in Muscovy

3. A Question of Legitimacy

4. Visions of the State at Mid-Century

5. Church and Politics in Late Muscovy

Part II. WAYS OF VIRTUE, 1689-1762

6. Church, State, and Society under Peter

7. Virtue and Politics after Peter

Part III. STRAINING TOWARD LIGHT, 1762-1801

8. Catherine II and Enlightenment

9. Nikita Panin and Imperial Power

10. Denis Fonvizin and Political Art

11. Gavriil Derzhavin: Poetry and True Belief

12. Ideas on Church and State

13. Law and Enlightenment: Ivan Tret'iakov and Semen Desnitskii

14. Novikov and the Moderate Enlightenment

15. Radishchev and the "Radical" Enlightenment

16. The Enigma of Mikhail Shcherbatov

17. Karamzin's Enlightened Conservatism

Conclusion: Russia's Path toward Enlightenment

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-22419-2

OCLC:

950613572