Russian orientalism : Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration /
Here, the author examines Russian thinking about the Orient before the Revolution of 1917. He argues that the Russian Empire's bi-continental geography and the complicated nature of its encounter with Asia have all resulted in a variegated understanding of the East among its people.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2010.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction: What is Russian orientalism?
- The forest and the steppe
- The Petrine dawn
- Catherinian chinoiserie
- The oriental muse
- The Kazan school
- Missionary orientology
- The rise of the St. Petersburg school
- The oriental faculty
- The exotic self
- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.