Research Catalog

Title

The Europeanized elite in Russia, 1762-1825 : public role and subjective self / edited by Andreas Schönle, Andrei Zorin, and Alexei Evstratov.

Publication

• DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Schönle, Andreas
• Zorin, Andreĭ (Andreĭ Leonidovich), 1956-
• Evstratov, Alexei

Description

viii, 371 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

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 loyalties, and evolving habits. The studies explore the institutions that shaped these nobles, their attitude to state service, the changing patterns of their family life, their emotional world, religious beliefs, and sense of time. The creation of a Europeanized elite in Russia was a state-initiated project that aimed to overcome the presumed "backwardness" of the country. The evolution of this social group in its relations to political authority provides insight into the fraught identity of a country developing on the geopolitical periphery of Europe. In contrast to postcolonial studies that explore the imposition of political, social, and cultural structures on colonized societies, this multidisciplinary volume explores the patterns of behavior and emotion that emerge from the processes of self-Europeanization. The Europeanized Elite in Russia, 1762 1825 will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in Russian history and culture, particularly in light of current political debates about globalization and widening social inequality in Europe.

Subject

• 1700-1917
• Elite (Social sciences) > Russia > History > 18th century
• Elite (Social sciences) > Russia > History > 19th century
• Elite (Social sciences)
• International relations
• Social conditions
• Russia > Social conditions > 18th century
• Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917
• Russia > Relations > Europe
• Europe > Relations > Russia
• Europe
• Russia

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index.

Call Number

JFE 16-13620

ISBN

• 9780875807478
• 087580747X
• 9781609092078 (canceled/invalid)
• 1609092074 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016008797

OCLC

949669313

Title

The Europeanized elite in Russia, 1762-1825 : public role and subjective self / edited by Andreas Schönle, Andrei Zorin, and Alexei Evstratov.

Publisher

DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index.

Chronological Term

1700-1917

Added Author

Schönle, Andreas, editor.

Zorin, Andreĭ (Andreĭ Leonidovich), 1956- editor.

Evstratov, Alexei, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-13620