A Parting Of Ways: Government And The Educated Public In Russia 1801-1855
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In the turbulent half-century between 1801 and 1855, Russia underwent a profound intellectual and political transformation — one that would irrevocably alter the relationship between the imperial state and its educated citizenry. A Parting of Ways chronicles the widening chasm between the Russian government and the emerging educated public, tracing how the Alexandrine promise of reform gave way to the rigid conservatism of the Nicholaean era, and how intellectuals, writers, and reformers responded with increasing frustration and defiance. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, one of the foremost historians of nineteenth-century Russia, presents a masterful analysis of ideology, culture, and power, illuminating the ideological currents — from Romanticism and nationalism to proto-liberalism and Slavophilism — that shaped Russian public discourse. His meticulous scholarship uncovers the institutional and cultural fault lines that would ultimately set the stage for the great reforms of the 1860s and beyond, leaving the reader to wonder just how inevitable that rupture truly was.
Author: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Oxford University Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: VG. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact.
In the turbulent half-century between 1801 and 1855, Russia underwent a profound intellectual and political transformation — one that would irrevocably alter the relationship between the imperial state and its educated citizenry. A Parting of Ways chronicles the widening chasm between the Russian government and the emerging educated public, tracing how the Alexandrine promise of reform gave way to the rigid conservatism of the Nicholaean era, and how intellectuals, writers, and reformers responded with increasing frustration and defiance. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, one of the foremost historians of nineteenth-century Russia, presents a masterful analysis of ideology, culture, and power, illuminating the ideological currents — from Romanticism and nationalism to proto-liberalism and Slavophilism — that shaped Russian public discourse. His meticulous scholarship uncovers the institutional and cultural fault lines that would ultimately set the stage for the great reforms of the 1860s and beyond, leaving the reader to wonder just how inevitable that rupture truly was.