Imagining Russian regions: subnational identity and civil society in nineteenth-century Russia

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...

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Main Author: Smith-Peter, Susan 1972- (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2018]
Series:Russian history and culture volume 19
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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.00It 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
Physical Description:XIV, 328 Seiten Karten, Plan
ISBN:9789004353497

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