LEADER 05257nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910785422803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-94962-4 010 $a9786612949623 010 $a90-474-2915-X 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004175716.i-280 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066284 035 $a(EBL)634901 035 $a(OCoLC)695988878 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000435910 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11315249 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435910 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10425978 035 $a(PQKB)11152785 035 $a(OCoLC)317623286 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047429159 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL634901 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10439122 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL294962 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC634901 035 $a(PPN)174391765 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066284 100 $a20090323d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEmpire speaks out$b[electronic resource] $elanguages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire /$fedited by Ilya Gerasimov, Jan Kusber and Alexander Semyonov 210 $aLeiden [Netherlands] ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 225 1 $aRussian history and culture,$x1877-7791 ;$vv. 1 300 $a"Published ... within the collective research project 'Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire'"--T.p. verso. 311 $a90-04-17571-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDefining empire in a dialogue. New imperial history and the challenges of empire / Ilya Gerasimov ... [et al.] ; Considerations on imperial comparisons / Ann Laura Stoler -- The challenge of unification and resistance. Governance, education, and the problems of empire in the age of Catherine II / Jan Kusber ; Us and them?: Polish self-descriptions and perceptions of the Russian Empire between homogeneity and diversity (1815-1863) / Hans-Christian Petersen ; Siberian middle ground: languages of rule and accommodation on the Siberian frontier / Sergey Glebov -- The challenge of transformation and rationalization. Russian physical anthropology of the nineteenth-early twentieth centuries: imperial race, colonial other, degenerate types, and the Russian racial body / Marina Mogilner ; The real and live ethnographic map of Russia: the Russian Empire in the mirror of the State Duma / Alexander Semyonov ; Redefining empire: social engineering in late imperial Russia / Ilya Gerasimov. 330 $aHistorians habitually write about empires that expand, wage wars, and collapse, as if empires were self-evident and self-conscious entities with a distinct and clear sense of purpose. The stories of empires are told in the language of modern nation-centred social sciences: multi-cultural and heterogeneous empires of the past appear either as huge ?nations? with a common language, culture, and territory, or as amalgamations of would-be nations striving to gain independence. Empire Speaks Out reconstructs the historical encounter of the Russian Empire of the seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries with the complex challenge of modernity. It does so by taking the self-awareness of empire seriously, and by looking into how bureaucrats, ideologues, politicians, scholars, and modern professionals described the ethnic, cultural, and social diversity of the empire. ?Empire? then reveals itself not through deliberate and well-conceived actions of some mysterious political body, but as a series of ?imperial situations? that different people encounter and perceive in common categories. The rationalization of previously intuitive social practices as imperial languages is the central theme of the collection. This book is published with support from Volkswagen Foundation, within the collective research project ?Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire? 410 0$aRussian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands) ;$vv. 1. 606 $aCultural pluralism$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aImperialism$xSocial aspects$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aRationalization (Psychology)$xPolitical aspects$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aSelf-perception$xPolitical aspects$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aLanguage and culture$zRussia 606 $aDiscourse analysis$zRussia 607 $aRussia$xEthnic relations 607 $aRussia$xSocial conditions 607 $aRussia$xPolitics and government 607 $aRussia$xHistory$vSources 615 0$aCultural pluralism$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aRationalization (Psychology)$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aSelf-perception$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aLanguage and culture 615 0$aDiscourse analysis 676 $a947 701 $aGerasimov$b Il?i?a$01504925 701 $aKusber$b Jan$01504926 701 $aSemyonov$b Alexander$01504927 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785422803321 996 $aEmpire speaks out$93734221 997 $aUNINA