Internal colonization : Russia's imperial experience
By: Alexander Etkind
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press , 2011Description: ix, 289 pages.ISBN: 9780745651309.Other title: Russia's imperial experience.Subject(s): Russia -- Civilization -- 1801-1917 | -- Colonization | -- Territorial expansionDDC classification: 947.07
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Summary: This is a radically new account of Russia's cultural history. Etkind introduces the concept of 'internal colonization' in order to analyse the history of the Russian Empire, its' culture and its' literature.
Part I: The non-traditional orient. Less than one and double ; Worldliness -- Part II: Writing from scratch. Chasing Rurik ; To colonize oneself ; Barrels of fur -- Part III: Empire of the Tsars. Occult instability ; Disciplinary gears ; Internal affairs -- Part IV: Shaved man's burden. Philosophy under Russian rule ; Sects and revolution ; Re-enchanting the darkness ; Sacrificial plotlines -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index.
Part I: The non-traditional orient. Less than one and double ; Worldliness -- Part II: Writing from scratch. Chasing Rurik ; To colonize oneself ; Barrels of fur -- Part III: Empire of the Tsars. Occult instability ; Disciplinary gears ; Internal affairs -- Part IV: Shaved man's burden. Philosophy under Russian rule ; Sects and revolution ; Re-enchanting the darkness ; Sacrificial plotlines -- Conclusion.
This is a radically new account of Russia's cultural history. Etkind introduces the concept of 'internal colonization' in order to analyse the history of the Russian Empire, its' culture and its' literature.
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