The Europeanized elite in Russia, 1762-1825 : public role and subjective self /

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This illuminating volume provides a new understanding of the subjective identity and public roles of Russia's Europeanized elite between the years of 1762 and 1825. Through a series of rich case studies, the editors reconstruct the social group's worldview, complex identities, conflicting...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schönle, Andreas (Editor ), Zorin, Andrei (Editor ), Evstratov, Alexei (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Colección:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Temas:
1700-1917
Elite (Social sciences) > Russia > History > 18th century.
Elite (Social sciences) > Russia > History > 19th century.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Russie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Elite (Social sciences)
International relations.
Social conditions.
Russia > Social conditions > 18th century.
Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917.
Russia > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Russia.
Russie > Conditions sociales > 1801-1917.
Europe > Relations > Russie.
Europe.
Russia.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration and Dates
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 INTERNALIZING PUBLIC ROLES
  • From Passions to Ambitions
  • Curiosity, Utility, Pleasure
  • 2 THE COURT AND THE FAMILY
  • Dramatic Conflicts and Social Performance at the Russian Court in the 1760s
  • Performing Womanhood in Eighteenth-Century Russia
  • 3 THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY
  • The Practice of Personal Finance and the Problem of Debt among the Noble Elite in Eighteenth-Century Russia
  • Self-fashioning, Estate Design, and Agricultural Improvement
  • 4 OFFICERS OFF THE BATTLEFIELD
  • Warriors in Peace
  • The Political Language of the Europeanized Military Elite in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • 5 ALTERNATIVE SOCIABILITIES AND SPIRITUALITIES
  • The Emotional Culture of Moscow Rosicrucians
  • The Moscow English Club and the Public Sphere in Early Nineteenth-Century Russia
  • 6 EXPERIENCING THE OTHER
  • Russian Prince vs. "German Swine"
  • Between Friends, the Coachman
  • 7 THE RADICAL BIFURCATION
  • The Instability of Time and Plurality of Selves at Court and in Society
  • Sentimental Piety and Orthodox Asceticism
  • CONCLUSION
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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