For Prophet and Tsar
Title | For Prophet and Tsar PDF eBook |
Author | Robert D Crews |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674030036 |
In stark contrast to the popular "clash of civilizations" theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support. For Prophet and Tsar unearths the fascinating relationship between an empire and its subjects. As America and Western Europe debate how best to secure the allegiances of their Muslim populations, Crews offers a unique and critical historical vantage point.
For Prophet and Tsar
Title | For Prophet and Tsar PDF eBook |
Author | Robert D. Crews |
Publisher | |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Asia, Central |
ISBN |
Praying for and against the Tsar
Title | Praying for and against the Tsar PDF eBook |
Author | Aftandil Erkinov |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2021-10-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 311240033X |
ANOR is a series of short monographs on the history and culture of Muslim Central Asia. The volumes deal with various topics related to this region such as history, literature, anthropology.
The Tsar's Foreign Faiths
Title | The Tsar's Foreign Faiths PDF eBook |
Author | Paul W. Werth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2014-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199591776 |
Explores the scope and character of religious freedom for Russia's diverse non-Orthodox religions during the tzarist regime.
Dostoevsky in Context
Title | Dostoevsky in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah A. Martinsen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 589 |
Release | 2016-01-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1316462447 |
This volume explores the Russia where the great writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–81), was born and lived. It focuses not only on the Russia depicted in Dostoevsky's works, but also on the Russian life that he and his contemporaries experienced: on social practices and historical developments, political and cultural institutions, religious beliefs, ideological trends, artistic conventions and literary genres. Chapters by leading scholars illuminate this broad context, offer insights into Dostoevsky's reflections on his age, and examine the expression of those reflections in his writing. Each chapter investigates a specific context and suggests how we might understand Dostoevsky in relation to it. Since Russia took so much from Western Europe throughout the imperial period, the volume also locates the Russian experience within the context of Western thought and practices, thereby offering a multidimensional view of the unfolding drama of Russia versus the West in the nineteenth century.
"Tsar and God" and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics
Title | "Tsar and God" and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Zhivov |
Publisher | Ars Rossica |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2018-05-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781618118042 |
Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.
God, Tsar, and People
Title | God, Tsar, and People PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel B. Rowland |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2020-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501752103 |
God, Tsar, and People brings together in one volume essays written over a period of fifty years, using a wide variety of evidence—texts, icons, architecture, and ritual—to reveal how early modern Russians (1450–1700) imagined their rapidly changing political world. This volume presents a more nuanced picture of Russian political thought during the two centuries before Peter the Great came to power than is typically available. The state was expanding at a dizzying rate, and atop Russia's traditional political structure sat a ruler who supposedly reflected God's will. The problem facing Russians was that actual rulers seldom—or never—exhibited the required perfection. Daniel Rowland argues that this contradictory set of ideas was far less autocratic in both theory and practice than modern stereotypes would have us believe. In comparing and contrasting Russian history with that of Western European states, Rowland is also questioning the notion that Russia has always been, and always viewed itself as, an authoritarian country. God, Tsar, and People explores how the Russian state in this period kept its vast lands and diverse subjects united in a common view of a Christian polity, defending its long frontier against powerful enemies from the East and from the West.