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Record Nr.

UNISA996328044903316

Autore

Uspenskii Boris Andreevich

Titolo

"Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics [[electronic resource] /] / Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov ; translated from Russian by  Marcus C. Levitt, David Budgen, and Liv Bliss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2012

ISBN

1-61811-670-3

1-61811-124-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Ars Rossika

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhivovV. M

LevittMarcus C. <1954->

BudgenDavid (Translator)

BlissLiv

Disciplina

306.0947

Soggetti

Semiotics - Russia - Religious aspects

Religion and culture - Russia

Language and culture - Russia

Russia Religion History

Russia History 1689-1801

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- TSAR AND GOD: SEMIOTIC ASPECTS OF THE SACRALIZATION OF THE MONARCH IN RUSSIA / Uspenskij, B. A. / Zhivov, V. M. -- TSAR AND PRETENDER: SAMOZVANCHESTVO OR ROYAL IMPOSTURE IN RUSSIA AS A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PHENOMENON / Uspenskij, B. A. -- EUROPE AS METAPHOR AND METONYMY (IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA) / Uspenskij, B. A. -- CULTURAL REFORMS IN PETER I'S SYSTEM OF TRANSFORMATIONS / Zhivov, V. M. -- THE MYTH OF THE STATE IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND ITS DESTRUCTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA / Zhivov, V. M. -- ABBREVIATIONS -- List of Original Publications -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this



collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.