Russia in Search of Itself

Name: Russia in Search of Itself
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ISBN: 9780801879760

ISBN-10: 0801879760

ISBN-13: 9780801879760

Edition: 2004

Authors: James H. Billington

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In the turbulent decade since the collapse of the Soviet Union, conditions have worsened considerably for many Russians, and a wide-ranging debate has raged over the nature and destiny of their country. In Russia in Search of Itself, James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress and a noted expert on Russia, examines the efforts of a proud but troubled nation to find a post-Soviet identity. The agenda has not been controlled from the top-down and center-out as in Russia's past. Nor has it been set by any intellectual giant such as Sakharov or Solzhenitsyn. Billington describes the contentious discussion occurring all over Russia and across the political spectrum. He finds conflicts raging…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Publication date: 3/19/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



The Long Prologue



The Nineteenth-Century Discovery of Identity



The Twentieth-Century Search for Legitimacy



The Quickening Quest



A New Nation in Search of Identity



The Authoritarian Alternative: Eurasianism



The Travails of a Democratic Identity


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliographic Postscript


Index