La Russie Et L'Esclavage
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Edition: Facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
**FRENCH TEXT ONLY**
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Published in the early nineteenth century, La Russie et l'Esclavage stands as one of the most candid and unflinching examinations of serfdom in Imperial Russia ever committed to print. Written under the pseudonym Passenans, the work presents a systematic and damning portrait of Russian feudal society, chronicling the conditions of the serf class with a clarity that was both courageous and controversial for its time. The author draws on firsthand observation and broad political insight to argue that the institution of serfdom was not merely an economic arrangement but a moral catastrophe — one that corroded the very foundations of Russian civilisation. A rare document of Enlightenment-era social criticism directed at tsarist Russia, this work sits alongside the great reformist literature of its age, anticipating the debates that would eventually lead to the Emancipation Reform of 1861. Passenans writes with the measured authority of a man who has witnessed injustice and refuses to look away, blending political philosophy with on-the-ground reportage in a voice that is at once scholarly and urgent. For historians of Russia, Europe, and the abolition of slavery in its many forms, this volume remains an essential and sobering primary source — one that asks whether a nation built on bondage can ever truly be free.
Author: Passenans
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Leipzig
Genre: European history
Edition: Facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
**FRENCH TEXT ONLY**
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Published in the early nineteenth century, La Russie et l'Esclavage stands as one of the most candid and unflinching examinations of serfdom in Imperial Russia ever committed to print. Written under the pseudonym Passenans, the work presents a systematic and damning portrait of Russian feudal society, chronicling the conditions of the serf class with a clarity that was both courageous and controversial for its time. The author draws on firsthand observation and broad political insight to argue that the institution of serfdom was not merely an economic arrangement but a moral catastrophe — one that corroded the very foundations of Russian civilisation. A rare document of Enlightenment-era social criticism directed at tsarist Russia, this work sits alongside the great reformist literature of its age, anticipating the debates that would eventually lead to the Emancipation Reform of 1861. Passenans writes with the measured authority of a man who has witnessed injustice and refuses to look away, blending political philosophy with on-the-ground reportage in a voice that is at once scholarly and urgent. For historians of Russia, Europe, and the abolition of slavery in its many forms, this volume remains an essential and sobering primary source — one that asks whether a nation built on bondage can ever truly be free.