Tsar and God and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics /
Uspenskiĭ, Boris Andreevich,
Tsar and God and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics / Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov ; translated from Russian by Marcus C. Levitt, David Budgen, and Liv Bliss. - 1 online resource (volumes 272 pages) - Ars Rossika . - Ars Rossika. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index.
Tsar and God : semiotic aspects of the sacralization of the monarch in Russia / B.A. Uspenskij and V.M. Zhivov. The sacralization of the monarch in the context of historical and cultural development ; The sacralization of the monarch as a semiotic process ; The civil cult of the monarch in the system of Baroque culture ; Conclusions ; Notes -- Tsar and pretender : Samozvanchestvo or royal imposture in Russia as a cultural-historical phenomenon / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Enthronement in the Russian and Byzantine traditions / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Europe as a metaphor and metonymy (in relation to the history of Russia) / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Cultural reforms in Peter's I's system of transformations / V.M. Zhivov. Cultural reforms and semiotic propaganda ; Innovations in church ritual ; The civil cult ; Parody and blasphemy as rituals of the public sphere ; Blasphemy in the paradigm of the new power ; Concluding remarks ; Notes -- The myth of the state in the Age of Enlightenment and its destruction in late eighteenth-century Russia / V.M. Zhivov ; Notes.
Featuring a number of distinguished essays by internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection encompasses various ground-breaking works appearing in English for the first time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essays examine the survival and reconceptualization of Russia's past in later systems, and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. This volume contains important examples of cultural semiotics and indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.
Translated from the Russian.
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Orthodox Eastern Church--History.--Russia
Orthodox Eastern Church--History.
Église orthodoxe--Histoire.
Orthodox Eastern Church.
1689-1801
Semiotics--Religious aspects.--Russia
Religion and culture--Russia.
Language and culture--Russia.
Religion et culture--Russie.
Langage et culture--Russie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Communication Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Language and culture.
Religion.
Religion and culture.
Semiotics--Religious aspects.
Kultursemiotik
Kulturelles System
Russia--Religion--History.
Russia--History--1689-1801.
Russie--Histoire--1689-1801.
Russia.
Russland
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
P99.37.R8 / U83 2012
306.0947
Tsar and God and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics / Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov ; translated from Russian by Marcus C. Levitt, David Budgen, and Liv Bliss. - 1 online resource (volumes 272 pages) - Ars Rossika . - Ars Rossika. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index.
Tsar and God : semiotic aspects of the sacralization of the monarch in Russia / B.A. Uspenskij and V.M. Zhivov. The sacralization of the monarch in the context of historical and cultural development ; The sacralization of the monarch as a semiotic process ; The civil cult of the monarch in the system of Baroque culture ; Conclusions ; Notes -- Tsar and pretender : Samozvanchestvo or royal imposture in Russia as a cultural-historical phenomenon / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Enthronement in the Russian and Byzantine traditions / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Europe as a metaphor and metonymy (in relation to the history of Russia) / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Cultural reforms in Peter's I's system of transformations / V.M. Zhivov. Cultural reforms and semiotic propaganda ; Innovations in church ritual ; The civil cult ; Parody and blasphemy as rituals of the public sphere ; Blasphemy in the paradigm of the new power ; Concluding remarks ; Notes -- The myth of the state in the Age of Enlightenment and its destruction in late eighteenth-century Russia / V.M. Zhivov ; Notes.
Featuring a number of distinguished essays by internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection encompasses various ground-breaking works appearing in English for the first time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essays examine the survival and reconceptualization of Russia's past in later systems, and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. This volume contains important examples of cultural semiotics and indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.
Translated from the Russian.
1618111248 9781618111241 9781618116703 1618116703
22573/ctt1zwps4s JSTOR 101796 Knowledge Unlatched
2012285372
016259196 Uk
Orthodox Eastern Church--History.--Russia
Orthodox Eastern Church--History.
Église orthodoxe--Histoire.
Orthodox Eastern Church.
1689-1801
Semiotics--Religious aspects.--Russia
Religion and culture--Russia.
Language and culture--Russia.
Religion et culture--Russie.
Langage et culture--Russie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Communication Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Language and culture.
Religion.
Religion and culture.
Semiotics--Religious aspects.
Kultursemiotik
Kulturelles System
Russia--Religion--History.
Russia--History--1689-1801.
Russie--Histoire--1689-1801.
Russia.
Russland
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
P99.37.R8 / U83 2012
306.0947