The drama of Russian political history : system against individuality / / Alexander V. Obolonsky ; foreword by Vincent Ostrom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821902103321
• Autore: Obolonskii A. V (Aleksandr Valentinovich)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2003
• ISBN: 1-299-05251-7; 1-60344-708-3; 1-58544-988-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxiv, 271 p
• Collana: Eastern European studies ; ; no. 19
• Altri autori (Persone): OstromVincent <1919-2012.>
• Disciplina: 947
• Soggetti: Political rights - Russia; Political rights - Soviet Union; Russia Politics and government; Soviet Union Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: On methodology and general concepts. The time of troubles: 1606 1612, and the rest of the seventeenth century. The devastating course of Peter's "modernization": the eighteenth century age of lost opportunities. Romantic Decembrists and pessimistic philosophers: the dualism of the first generation Russian intelligentsia. A decisive junction: the epoch of Alexander II. After the catastrophe: the penultimate Romanov reign. The evening glow. The inverted pyramid. Stalinism: high noon of system-centeredness. After Stalin: the system yields to fatigue. At the new crossroads; Originaltitel: Drama rossiĭskoĭ politicheskoĭ istorii
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: On methodology and general concepts -- The time of troubles: 1606 1612, and the rest of the seventeenth century -- The devastating course of Peter's "modernization": the eighteenth century age of lost opportunities -- Romantic Decembrists and pessimistic philosophers: the dualism of the first generation Russian intelligentsia -- A decisive junction: the epoch of Alexander II -- After the catastrophe: the penultimate Romanov reign -- The evening glow -- The inverted pyramid -- Stalinism: high noon of system-centeredness -- After Stalin: the system yields to fatigue -- At the new crossroads.
• Sommario/riassunto: Obolonsky notes that Russian history and life are full of paradoxes, most of them sad. Why, he asks, have the Russians, who possess enormous natural, human, and intellectual resources and a great literary and scientific heritage, proven unable to realize their great potential? Obolonsky has undertaken the formidable task of reinterpreting Russian history from the Time of Troubles and the reign of Ivan the Terrible through the end of 2001.