Russian monarchy : representation and rule : collected articles / Richard Wortman.

By:

Wortman, Richard [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Imperial encounters in Russian historyPublisher: Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781618112590
1618112597
9781618118547
1618118544
9781618112583
1618112589

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Russian monarchy.DDC classification:

394/.4094709033 23

LOC classification:

DK127 .W67 2013

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Contents:

Introduction : Russian monarchy and the symbolic sphere -- Part I Russian monarchy and law -- Russian monarchy and the rule of law : new considerations of the court reform of 1864 -- The representation of dynasty and "fundamental laws" in the evolution of Russian monarchy -- Review of Anatolii Viktorovich Remnev, Samoderzhavnoe Pravitelʹstvo : Komitet Ministrov v sisteme vysshego upravlenia Rossiiskoi imperii (vtoraia polovina XIX -- nachalo XX veka) -- Part II Scenarios of family and nation -- The Russian Empress as mother -- The Russian Imperial family as symbol -- Part III Narratives of monarch and nation -- The invention of tradition and the representation of Russian monarchy -- National narratives in the representation of nineteenth-century Russian monarchy -- Moscow and Petersburg : the probelm of political center in Tsarist Russia, 1881-1914 -- Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905 -- Part IV Russian monarchy and the imperial state -- The Russian Empire and Russian monarchy : the problem of Russian nationalism -- The "integrity" (tselostʹ) of the State in Imperial Russian representation -- The Tsar and Empire : representation of the monarchy and symbolic integration in Imperial Russia -- Richard S. Wortman : a bibliography (1962-2013) / by Ernest A. Zitser.

Summary: This book explores the effect of the symbolic and mythical representations of the Russian imperial government on law, administrative practice, and concepts of national and imperial identities throughout centuries of monarchical rule. Richard Wortman demonstrates how the ideologies behind such representations shaped the thought patterns not only of the Tsar and the imperial family but also of the Russian political and social elite. He characterizes the monarchy as an active agent in Russia's political experience, one whose dominant role was resisting change until the inevitable collapse facing all absolute monarchies.

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This book explores the effect of the symbolic and mythical representations of the Russian imperial government on law, administrative practice, and concepts of national and imperial identities throughout centuries of monarchical rule. Richard Wortman demonstrates how the ideologies behind such representations shaped the thought patterns not only of the Tsar and the imperial family but also of the Russian political and social elite. He characterizes the monarchy as an active agent in Russia's political experience, one whose dominant role was resisting change until the inevitable collapse facing all absolute monarchies.