Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia : science, patriotism, and civil society
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書誌事項
Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia : science, patriotism, and civil society
Harvard University Press, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. Joseph Bradley examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
Russians populated a growing public sphere with societies based on the model of the European enlightenment. Owing to the mission of such learned associations as the Free Economic Society, the Moscow Agricultural Society, and the Russian Geographical Society, civil society became inextricably linked to patriotism and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Although civil society and the autocratic state are often described as bitter rivals, cooperation in the project of national prestige and prosperity was more often the rule. However, an increasing public assertiveness challenged autocratic authority, and associations became a focal point of a contradictory political culture: they fostered a state-society partnership but at the same time were a critical element in the effort to emancipate society from autocracy and arbitrary officialdom.
目次
* Preface * List of Illustrations * Introduction: Russian Associations * European Societies and the State: Russia in Comparative Perspective * The Application of Science: The Free Economic Society and the Moscow Agricultural Society * The Quest for National Identity: The Russian Geographical Society * Patriotism and Useful Knowledge: The Society of Friends of Natural History * Government and the Public Trust: The Russian Technical Society and Education for Industry * Advocacy in the Public Sphere: Scientific Cognresses * Conclusion: An Unstable Partnership * List of Abbreviations * Notes * Index
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