The power of language and rhetoric in Russian political history : charismatic words from the 18th to the 21st centuries /

The power of language and rhetoric in Russian political history : charismatic words from the 18th to the 21st centuries /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wortman, Richard, author.
Imprint:	London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018. ©2018
Description:	ix, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Language and history. Historiography. Language and history. Russia -- History -- 1613-1917 -- Historiography. Soviet Union -- Historiography. Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991- -- Historiography. Russia. Russia (Federation) Soviet Union. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11388775

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ISBN:	9781350040663 1350040665 9781350040670
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Kul'turnost' and the Rhetoric of Proper Conduct
2. The Rhetoric of Consent: Radost', Liubov', Umilenie and Vostorg
3. Lichnost' and the Rhetoric of Duty: The Ethos of Service
4. Lichnost' and the Rhetoric of Duty: In Quest of New Ideals
5. Pravda and the Rhetoric of Moral Transcendence
6. Tselost' (Geographical Integrity) in the Rhetoric of the Russian State
Notes
Bibliography
Index