Modernizing Orthodoxy: Russia and the Christian East (1856–1914)
The article focuses on “Pan-Slavism” and “Pan-Orthodoxy” to analyze the continuity and change in the Russian relationship to the “Christian East” - mostly Greek and Slavic Christian Orthodox populations in the Ottoman Empire (1856–1914). Far from being conservative utopias, those theories were moder...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2012
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Journal of the history of ideas
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 2, Pages: 295-317 |
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Summary: | The article focuses on “Pan-Slavism” and “Pan-Orthodoxy” to analyze the continuity and change in the Russian relationship to the “Christian East” - mostly Greek and Slavic Christian Orthodox populations in the Ottoman Empire (1856–1914). Far from being conservative utopias, those theories were modern visions that developed in the context of fin-de-siecle Europe and transformed the traditional meaning of the Christian East in order to reformulate cultural identity in late imperial Russia. This kind of conceptualization of Pan-Slavism and Pan-Orthodoxy also contributes to the discussion of how and when alternatives to Western liberal modernity began to be formulated consciously. |
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ISSN: | 1086-3222 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the history of ideas
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2012.0018 |