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Book/Printed Material "Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics

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Title

  • "Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics

Names

  • Uspenskiĭ, B. A. (Boris Andreevich)
  • Bliss, Liv.
  • Budgen, D. (David)
  • Levitt, Marcus C., 1954-
  • Zhivov, V. M.

Created / Published

  • Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012.

Contents

  • Tsar and God : semiotic aspects of the sacralization of the monarch in Russia / B.A. Uspenskij and V.M. Zhivov. The sacralization of the monarch in the context of historical and cultural development ; The sacralization of the monarch as a semiotic process ; The civil cult of the monarch in the system of Baroque culture ; Conclusions ; Notes -- Tsar and pretender : Samozvanchestvo or royal imposture in Russia as a cultural-historical phenomenon / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Enthronement in the Russian and Byzantine traditions / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Europe as a metaphor and metonymy (in relation to the history of Russia) / B.A. Uspenskij ; Notes -- Cultural reforms in Peter's I's system of transformations / V.M. Zhivov. Cultural reforms and semiotic propaganda ; Innovations in church ritual ; The civil cult ; Parody and blasphemy as rituals of the public sphere ; Blasphemy in the paradigm of the new power ; Concluding remarks ; Notes -- The myth of the state in the Age of Enlightenment and its destruction in late eighteenth-century Russia / V.M. Zhivov ; Notes.

Headings

  • -  Orthodox Eastern Church--Russia--History
  • -  Language and culture--Russia
  • -  Religion and culture--Russia
  • -  Semiotics--Russia--Religious aspects
  • -  Russia $x History $y 1689-1801
  • -  Russia--Religion--History

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Translated from the Russian.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (v, 272 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • P99.37.R8

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019666771

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Uspenskiĭ, B. A, LIV Bliss, D Budgen, Marcus C Levitt, and V. M Zhivov. "Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2012. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019666771/.

APA citation style:

Uspenskiĭ, B. A., Bliss, L., Budgen, D., Levitt, M. C. & Zhivov, V. M. (2012) "Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics. Boston: Academic Studies Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019666771/.

MLA citation style:

Uspenskiĭ, B. A, et al. "Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2012. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019666771/>.