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

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Kul'turnost' and the Rhetoric of Proper Conduct; Kul'turnost'; Words of Behest, Words of Edification: Eighteenth-Century Cultural Policies; 2 The Rhetoric of Consent: Radost', Liubov', Umilenie and Vostorg; Baroque Demonstrations of Consent; The Allure of Sentiment: Alexander I; Vostorg and Umilenie; Alexander II: Terms of Reciprocity; The Millennium of Rus: The Apogee of Sentiment; 3 Lichnost' and the Rhetoric of Duty: The Ethos of Service; Nicholas Karamzin and Ethical Dualism.…”
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Tsar and God and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics / by Uspenskiĭ, Boris Andreevich

Table of Contents: “…The sacralization of the monarch in the context of historical and cultural development ; The sacralization of the monarch as a semiotic process ; The civil cult of the monarch in the system of Baroque culture ; Conclusions ; Notes -- Tsar and pretender : Samozvanchestvo or royal imposture in Russia as a cultural-historical phenomenon / B.A. …”
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Art of Russia.

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Art of Russia.

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The glory of Russia: The sights and sounds of St. Petersburg /

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The transfigured kingdom : sacred parody and charismatic authority at the court of Peter the Great / by Zitser, Ernest A.

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