Writing Russia
The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation
Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-00325-2 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-00325-2 (ISBN)
This book offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing historical works on the history of Russia, it provides insight into representations of Russia in the West and advances approaches to historiography.
Writing Russia offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing preeminent historical works on the history of Russia, this book provides insight into the hidden ideological underpinnings of the texts and their representations of Russia in the West. It demonstrates that historians employ a range of literary techniques to smooth over contradictions in their narratives of Russia, generating a seemingly cohesive depiction of Russia as a liminal, Other nation. This is a process that this book theorises as "discordus", representing an original conceptual framework for examining national history texts. It identifies patterns in the language and emplotment of Anglophone Russian histories across several defining historical epochs from the Mongol conquests to the Putin presidency, revealing the extent to which historians wield the narrative power to "make or break" nations. Postmodern in approach, the work pushes the boundaries of historiography and calls into question the nature of history.
Writing Russia offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing preeminent historical works on the history of Russia, this book provides insight into the hidden ideological underpinnings of the texts and their representations of Russia in the West. It demonstrates that historians employ a range of literary techniques to smooth over contradictions in their narratives of Russia, generating a seemingly cohesive depiction of Russia as a liminal, Other nation. This is a process that this book theorises as "discordus", representing an original conceptual framework for examining national history texts. It identifies patterns in the language and emplotment of Anglophone Russian histories across several defining historical epochs from the Mongol conquests to the Putin presidency, revealing the extent to which historians wield the narrative power to "make or break" nations. Postmodern in approach, the work pushes the boundaries of historiography and calls into question the nature of history.
Melissa-Ellen Dowling is a research fellow at the University of Adelaide.
Introduction: Writing Russia 1. Discourse, Power, Nation: Approaches to Deconstructing National Histories 2. Othering Russia in Historical Accounts of the Mongol Conquest 3. Romancing Russia and Questioning the Applicability of the Oriental Paradigm 4. The Language of Nationality in Histories of World War II 5. Securitising Putin’s Russia 6. A Discordic Narrativisation of the Russian Nation and the Necessity of Tragic Emplotment 7. A Short Annotated History of Russian Authoritarianism. Conclusion: Representing and Reifying Russia
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Approaches to History |
| Zusatzinfo | 6 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 780 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-00325-1 / 1032003251 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-00325-2 / 9781032003252 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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