Reformulating Russia
The Cultural and Intellectual Historiography of Russian First-Wave Émigré Writers
Biographical note
Kåre Johan Mjør (b. 1973) holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bergen, Norway. The author of Desire, Death, and Imitation: Narrative Patterns in the Late Tolstoy (Slavica Bergensia 4), he has also published articles on Russian imperial historiography and Russian post-Soviet intellectual culture.
Readership
All those interested in Russian intellectual history and historiography, Russian religious philosophy, Russian nationalism and identity. Its main audience will be found among postgraduate students, scholars and professionals in the field of Russian studies
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Contributing, for instance, to the fields of nationality and borderland studies, this book offers a fascinating study of the process of “writing a worthy past” for the Russian Orthodox monastery of Valaam during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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The book explains Belarus’s adherence to Soviet social, political and economic institutions. Comparative historical analysis spans the period from the 16th century to the present. Discussion concentrates on development of Belarus’s national institutions in interaction with Russia and other ...
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