Russia's own Orient the politics of identity and Oriental studies in the late Imperial and early Soviet periods Tolz, Vera. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2011 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations "Russia's own Orient examines how intellectuals in early twentieth-century Russia offered a new and radical critique of the ways in which Oriental cultures were understood at the time. Out of the ferment of revolution and war, a group of scholars in St. Petersburg articulated fresh ideas about the relationship between power and knowledge, and about Europe and Asia as mere political and cultural constructs. Their ideas anticipated the work of Edward Said and post-colonial scholarship by half a century. The similarities between the two groups were, in fact, genealogical. Said was indebted, via Arab intellectuals of the 1960s who studied in the Soviet Union, to the revisionist ideas of Russian Orientologists of the fin de siecle. But why did this body of Russian scholarship of the early twentieth century turn out to be so innovative? Should we agree with a popular claim of the Russian elites about their country's particular affinity with the 'Orient'? There is no single answer to this question. The early twentieth century was a period when all over Europe a fascination with things 'Oriental' engendered the questioning of many nineteenth-century assumptions and prejudices. In that sense, the revisionism of Russian Orientologists was part of a pan-European trend. And yet, Tolz also argues that a set of political, social, and cultural factors, which were specific to Russia, allowed its imperial scholars to engage in an unusual dialogue with representatives of the empire's non-European minorities. It is together that they were able to articulate a powerful long-lasting critique of modern imperialism and colonialism, and to shape ethnic politics in Russia across the divide of the 1917 revolutions."--Publisher's description Introduction : Russian orientology and "Oriental renaissance" in fin-de-siècle Europe -- Nation, empire, and regional integration -- Perceptions of east and west -- power and knowledge -- Critique of European scholarship -- Imperial scholars and minority nationalisms on the eve of the 1917 revolutions -- Imagining minorities as nations in the 1920s -- Conclusion. Vera Tolz. Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-189) and index. e-ur--- a------ Orientalism Russia History 20th century Asia Study and teaching Russia Asia Civilization Russia Civilization Russia Intellectual life 1801-1917 Orientalisme Russie Histoire 20e siècle Asie Étude et enseignement Russie Asie Civilisation Russie Vie intellectuelle 1801-1917 POLITICAL SCIENCE Globalization Civilization Intellectual life Orientalism Education Asia Russia Nationalbewusstsein Nationalität Orientalist Orientalistik Orientbild Russland Sowjetunion Oriëntalisme Rusland 1801-1999 fast DS32.9.R9 T65 2011eb 303.48247051 15.75 Russia's own Orient Tolz, Vera. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 (OCoLC)650216778 Oxford studies in modern European history 9780191616440 0191616443 9780191725067 0191725064 9780199594443 0199594449 2010937013 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/9670 N$T 110818 20260318185129.9 in00005706791 eng