The Roots of Otherness: Russia's Turn of Century (Two-Volume Set)
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — paperback editions in good condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — both volumes firm and intact. Usual shelf-wear.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Russia stood at a crossroads — a vast, contradictory empire lurching between feudal tradition and revolutionary modernity. Teodor Shanin's landmark two-volume series, The Roots of Otherness: Russia's Turn of Century, chronicles the turbulent transformation of Russian society with the analytical precision of a sociologist and the narrative sweep of a historian. Volume 1, Russia as a 'Developing Society', presents a rigorous examination of Russia's structural position within the global order, arguing that its trajectory defies simple Western developmental models and demands a new framework of understanding. Volume 2, Russia, 1905–07: Revolution as a Moment of Truth, then brings that framework to bear on the crucible of the 1905 revolution — a seismic event that Shanin illustrates as far more than a rehearsal for 1917, but rather a defining rupture that exposed the fault lines of peasant society, state power, and political identity. Shanin's scholarship is both wide-ranging and deeply humane, drawing on agrarian sociology and comparative history to uncover the distinctive logic of Russia's otherness. Together, these volumes remain essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not just Russia's past, but the enduring question of whether societies must follow a single path to modernity — or whether history itself admits of many roads.
Author: Teodor Shanin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1985, Macmillan
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — paperback editions in good condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — both volumes firm and intact. Usual shelf-wear.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Russia stood at a crossroads — a vast, contradictory empire lurching between feudal tradition and revolutionary modernity. Teodor Shanin's landmark two-volume series, The Roots of Otherness: Russia's Turn of Century, chronicles the turbulent transformation of Russian society with the analytical precision of a sociologist and the narrative sweep of a historian. Volume 1, Russia as a 'Developing Society', presents a rigorous examination of Russia's structural position within the global order, arguing that its trajectory defies simple Western developmental models and demands a new framework of understanding. Volume 2, Russia, 1905–07: Revolution as a Moment of Truth, then brings that framework to bear on the crucible of the 1905 revolution — a seismic event that Shanin illustrates as far more than a rehearsal for 1917, but rather a defining rupture that exposed the fault lines of peasant society, state power, and political identity. Shanin's scholarship is both wide-ranging and deeply humane, drawing on agrarian sociology and comparative history to uncover the distinctive logic of Russia's otherness. Together, these volumes remain essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not just Russia's past, but the enduring question of whether societies must follow a single path to modernity — or whether history itself admits of many roads.