HISTORY 365 - Russian Intellectual History

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Following a brief introduction dealing with the modernization of Russia and the origin of Russian secular thought and the intelligentsia, this seminar focuses on the major trends and personalities in 19th-century Russian secular thought. Topics include continuity and change in Russian culture, debates between Westernizers and Slavophiles, revolutionary populism, and socialism. Extensive readings include works by Chaadayev, Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Herzen, Lenin, and Tolstoy and contemporary studies of the Russian intellectual tradition.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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