Between Barbarism and Progress: Enlightenment Historical Writings on a Major Conflict in Russian History
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Between Barbarism and Progress: Enlightenment Historical Writings on a Major Conflict in Russian History
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Sokolov, S. V.
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BARBARISM
CIVILIZATION PROGRESS THE ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL HISTORY HISTORICAL WRITINGS CHRISTIANIZATION SCANDINAVIA |
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Received 11 November 2019. Accepted 20 December 2019. Published online 6 January 2020.
The dichotomy of barbarism and progress has long been a focal point for the discussions about Russia’s past and present. The discourse on Russian barbarism had been known in Europe since at least 16th century, but Enlightenment thinkers gave it a new shape by juxtaposing the ancient conception of barbarism with the rather modern idea of progress. In this article, Enlightenment historical writings are examined; the focus is on the question of how Russian history was studied in order to find signs of barbarism and the different guises of progress. The primary sources for the article are mainly Russian historical writings; however, relations and interactions between Russian and European intellectuals, as well as intellectual exchange and influence, are also noted. As there were no word “civilization” in 18th-century Russian, enlightenment was deemed by Russian thinkers as the antipode to barbarism. It is concluded that most Enlightenment writers saw Christianization as a step forward from barbarism in Russian history. Parallels between Russia and Scandinavia as they were drawn by August Schlözer are also analyzed. The article shows how the idea of conflict between barbarism and progress altered the understanding of Russian history in the Enlightenment. This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation under the grant No. 18-18-00216. |
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2020-01-22T15:30:27Z
2020-01-22T15:30:27Z 2019 |
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Article
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Journal article (info:eu-repo/semantics/article) |
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Sokolov S. V. Between Barbarism and Progress: Enlightenment Historical Writings on a Major Conflict in Russian History / S. V. Sokolov // Changing Societies & Personalities. — 2019. — Vol. 3. Iss. 4. — P. 388–406.
2587-6104 2587-8964 (Online) http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/79515 https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=41833552 10.15826/csp.2019.3.4.084 |
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en
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Changing Societies & Personalities. 2019. Vol. 3. Iss. 4
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Уральский федеральный университет
Ural Federal University |
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