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Beschreibung
Examines the origins of Russian nationalism and its relationship to the West.
Susanna Rabow-Edling examines the first theory of the Russian nation, formulated by the Slavophiles in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and its relationship to the West. Using cultural nationalism as a tool for understanding Slavophile thinking, she argues that a Russian national identity was not shaped in opposition to Europe in order to separate Russia from the West. Rather, it originated as an attempt to counter the feeling of cultural backwardness among Russian intellectuals by making it possible for Russian culture to assume a leading role in the universal progress of humanity. This reinterpretation of Slavophile ideas about the Russian nation offers a more complex image of the role of Europe and the West in shaping a Russian national identity.
Examines the origins of Russian nationalism and its relationship to the West.
Susanna Rabow-Edling examines the first theory of the Russian nation, formulated by the Slavophiles in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and its relationship to the West. Using cultural nationalism as a tool for understanding Slavophile thinking, she argues that a Russian national identity was not shaped in opposition to Europe in order to separate Russia from the West. Rather, it originated as an attempt to counter the feeling of cultural backwardness among Russian intellectuals by making it possible for Russian culture to assume a leading role in the universal progress of humanity. This reinterpretation of Slavophile ideas about the Russian nation offers a more complex image of the role of Europe and the West in shaping a Russian national identity.
Über den Autor

Susanna Rabow-Edling is Lecturer at the Department of East European Studies at Uppsala University in Sweden.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: SUNY series in National Identities
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780791466940
ISBN-10: 0791466949
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rabow-Edling, Susanna
Hersteller: SUNY Press
SUNY series in National Identities
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Susanna Rabow-Edling
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2007
Gewicht: 0,287 kg
Artikel-ID: 133151658