The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanism in Early-Modern Russia: Pagan Authors, Ukrainians and the Resiliency of Muscovy (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 64)

Max J. Okenfuss

ISBN 10: 9004103317 / ISBN 13: 9789004103313

Verlag: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1995

Beschreibung

vi, 290 pages ; 25 cm. ex-library with plate. no notes or highlighting. 'The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanism in Early-Modern Russia argues that, between 1650 and 1789, Russia flirted with Western Europe's Latin Humanism. However, all levels of society, especially the nobility, consistently rejected the pagan authors of Latinate culture, propagated by the Ukrainian clergy. An examination of the printing industry, of Latin teaching, of private libraries in Russia, and excursions into the thought of Russia's "enlighteners," demonstrate that Latin authors had little impact on Russia and its nobility that was traditionally regarded as the advocate of Western educational and cultural values. The book contributes to our understanding of the reforms of Peter the Great, of Catherine's "enlightened" reputation, of the origins of the intelligentsia and of the cultural ties between Russians and the peoples they annexed in early modern times.' Contents: A Moving Target -- Humanism and Book Culture in the 17th Century -- Muscovite Book Culture and Soviet Historiography. A. Attitudes Toward Books and Printing. B. The Repertoire of Books: How Secular? C. The Manuscript Tradition and Reading. D. Avvakum as a Mirror of Traditional Muscovy -- Ukrainian Humanism's Challenge to Muscovite Culture. A. The Alien Nature of Ukrainian Humanism. B. The Coming of the Ukrainians and Their Books. C. The Significance of Polockij and Ukrainian Humanism -- The Impact of Polish Court Culture. A. The Opening of Muscovy by Tsar Aleksei. B. Polonized Book Culture at Court. C. Peter Tolstoi, Polonized Courtier -- European Book Culture in the Pre-Enlightenment -- The Classics in the Petrine Age and Beyond. A. The Classics in Print in Russia. B. Modern Thought Without the Classics: Pososhkov -- Eighteenth-Century Russian Humanistic Book Culture. A. Humanistic Libraries in Petrine Russia. B. Teofan Prokopovych and His Books.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6jbew931

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanism in Early-Modern Russia: Pagan Authors, Ukrainians and the Resiliency of Muscovy (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 64)
• Verlag: Leiden ; Boston : Brill
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9004103317
• ISBN-13: 9789004103313
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Education
  • Philosophy
  • Russia

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanismus in Early Modern Russia argues that, between 1650 and 1789, Russia flirted with Western Europe's Latin Humanism. However, all levels of society, especially the nobility, consistently rejected the pagan authors of Latinate culture, propagated by Ukrainian clergy.
An examination of the printing industry, Latin teaching, and private libraries in Russia, and excursions into the thought of Russia's "enlighteners" demonstrate that Latin authors had little impact on Russia, especially the nobility, traditionally regarded as the advocate of Western educational and cultural values.
The book contributes to our understanding of the reforms of Peter the Great, of Catherine's "enlightened" reputation, of the origins of the intelligentsia, and of the cultural ties between Russians and the peoples they annexed in early modern times.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Max J. Okenfuss, Ph.D. (1971) in History, Harvard, is Professor of Russian History at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published widely on the history of education in early modern Russia and has translated The Travel Diary of Peter Tolstoi.