Empire speaks out : languages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire

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Empire speaks out : languages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire

edited by Ilya Gerasimov, Jan Kusber and Alexander Semyonov

（Russian history and culture, v. 1）

Brill, 2009

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"Published ... within the collective research project "Languages of Self-Description and Representation in the Russian Empire""--T.p. verso

Contents of Works

  • New imperial history and the challenges of empire / Ilya Gerasimov ... [et al.]
  • Considerations on imperial comparisons / Ann Laura Stoler
  • 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
  • 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

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Description

Historians 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"

Table of Contents

Part 1. Defining Empire in a Dialogue Ilya Gerasimov, Sergey Glebov, Jan Kusber, Marina Mogilner, Alexander Semyonov New Imperial History and the Challenges of Empire Ann Laura Stoler Refiguring Imperial Terrains: On Comparison and Gradations of Sovereignty Part 2. The Challenge of Unification and Resistance Jan Kusber Governance, Education and the Problems of Empire in the Age of Catherine II Hans-Christian Petersen "Us" and "Them"? Polish Perceptions of the Russian Empire between Homogeneity and Diversity (1815-1863) Sergey Glebov Siberian Middle Ground: Languages of Rule and Accommodation on the Siberian Frontier Part 3. The Challenge of Transformation and Rationalization Marina Mogilner Russian Physical Anthropology of the Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries: Imperial Race, Colonial Other, Degenerate Types, and the Russian Racial Body Alexander Semyonov "The Real and Live Ethnographic Map of Russia": The Russian Empire in the Mirror of the State Duma Ilya Gerasimov Redefining Empire: Social Engineering in Late Imperial Russia Index

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