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Russian notions of power and state in a European perspective, 1462-1725 : assessing the significance of Peter's reign
Title
Russian notions of power and state in a European perspective, 1462-1725 : assessing the significance of Peter's reign / Endre Sashalmi.
ISBN
9781644694176
1644694174
9781644694183
9781644694190
Publication
Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022.
Physical Description
viii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"The book highlights the main features and trends of Russian "political" thought in an era when sovereignty, state, and politics, as understood in Western Christendom, were non-existent in Russia, or were only beginning to be articulated. It concentrates on enigmatic authors and sources that shaped official perception of rulership, or marked certain changes of importance of this perception. Special emphasis is given to those written and visual sources which pointed towards depersonalization and secularization of rulership in Russia. A comparison with Western Christendom frames the argument throughout the book, both in terms of ideas and the practical aspects of state-building, allowing the reader to ponder Russia's differentia specifica"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Sashalmi, Endre, 1964- Russian notions of power and state in a European perspective, 1462-1725 Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 05, 2023
Series
Russian thought in context
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-495) and index.
Contents
Russia and Europe : clarification of terms, and the problem of the state
Issues of methodology, reception, and the benefits of a long-term approach
Territoriality, the name, and the nature of the polity : from the principality of Moscow to the Russian Empire
The idea of the state in Western Christendom in the late Middle Ages and the early Modern Era
The role of metaphors and allegorical personifications in the development of the concept of the state in Western Christendom
The meaning(s) of European perspective
The birth and meaning of the "Russian state narrative"
The consequences of the state narrative: the discovery of Gosudarstvo by Russian history-writing
Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Muscovite perceptions of ruling power : characteristics and methodological aspects of a comparison with Western Christendom
The problem of Samoderzhavie
Notions of power and state in the context of "proprietary dynasticism" : Russia and the Western perspective
Richard Pipes's patrimonial interpretation of Russia reconsidered in the light of "proprietary dynasticism"
Aspects of rulership and their relation to each other in early Modern Europe and Russia : proprietary, office, and divine right
Divine right of kings and divine right of tsars : aspects and lessons of a comparison
The origins of theory of law and state in the works of Feofan Prokopovich : an intellectual from the Kievan nest in the service of Peter the Great
Turning points in the Life of Feofan Prokopovich, and his most important political works
Preliminary notes on Prokopovich's theory of law and state
Power, state, law, sovereignty, and contractualism in Feofan Prokopovich's Writings
Female allegorical personification of Russia during the reign of Peter the Great and his successors : visual and written sources, and the notion of state
The importance of Gosudarstvennost' in contemporary Russia.
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