The Europeanized Elite in Russia, 1762-1825: Public Role and Subjective Self.
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 166768136
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- ISBN
- 9780875807478
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The Europeanized Elite in Russia, 1762-1825, edited by Schönle, Zorin, and Evstratov is one of the outcomes of a three-year Leverhulme Research Grant. The research process started with discussions between the two 50% co-applicants Schönle and Zorin about the research questions, research context, and methodology. The main objectives were to overcome the binaries that have underpinned the historiography of the Russian imperial elite, which overstated the ideological, cultural, and behavioural divide between a thoroughly Europeanized elite and the uneducated people. Our methodology consisted in revealing the cultural practices and subjective sense of self which resulted in the elite’s more fluid and syncretic deployment of identity positions. We selected the domains crucial to the everyday life of the service nobility and invited scholars whose expertise lay in one of these domains, including emerging historians in Russia who contributed to archival research as consultants, asking them to propose case studies that capture the subjective position-takings of the elite. We operated a selection of these case studies. The team met on regular intervals to discuss methodological issues and share preliminary results. Members of the Advisory Board joined these discussions on two occasions and provided their input. Each of the co-editors wrote two chapters. Schönle wrote 70% of the Introduction and 80% of the Conclusion, as well as the introductions to chapters 2, 3, 6, and half of 7. Zorin contributed the other parts of the apparatus. Evstratov contributed to discussions and discharged much of the organization as research assistant. Much care was taken to build a coherent and integrated argument that offers a comprehensive and in-dept understanding of the subjective world of the Russian Imperial elite.
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