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Russian orientalism Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration /

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Main Author: Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Orientalism > Russia > History.
Public opinion > Russia > History.
Asia > Study and teaching > Russia.
Russia > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Russia > Intellectual life > 1801-1917.
Asia > Foreign public opinion, Russian.
Russia > Relations > Asia.
Asia > Relations > Russia.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: What is Russian orientalism?
  • The forest and the steppe
  • The Petrine dawn
  • Catherinian chinoiserie
  • The oriental muse
  • The Kazan school
  • Missionary orientology
  • The rise of the St. Petersburg school
  • The oriental faculty
  • The exotic self
  • Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.

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