Internal colonization
Subtitle: Russia's imperial experience
By: Alexander Etkind
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780745651293; 9780745651309
Subjects: Colonization; Civilization; Territorial expansion
Other titles: Russia's imperial experience
Description: This is a radically new account of Russia's cultural history. Etkind introduces the concept of 'internal colonization' in order to analyse the history of the Russian Empire, its' culture and its' literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The non-traditional orient. Less than one and double ; Worldliness; title: Part II: Writing from scratch. Chasing Rurik ; To colonize oneself ; Barrels of fur; title: Part III: Empire of the Tsars. Occult instability ; Disciplinary gears ; Internal affairs; title: Part IV: Shaved man's burden. Philosophy under Russian rule ; Sects and revolution ; Re-enchanting the darkness ; Sacrificial plotlines; title: Conclusion.