Liberalism in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: State, Nation, Empire

by Susanna Rabow-Edling

Nineteenth-century Russian intellectuals were faced with a dilemma. They had to choose between modernizing their country, thus imitating the West, or reaffirming what was perceived as their country's own values and thereby risk remaining socially underdeveloped and unable to compete with Western powers. Scholars have argued that this led to the emergence of an anti-Western, anti-modern ethnic nationalism. In this innovative book, Susanna Rabow-Edling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367587637
• ISBN13: 9780367587635
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"