Russia's Path toward Enlightenment: Faith, Politics, and Reason, 1500-1801

Synopsis

This Work, Focusing On The History Of Religious And Political Thinking In Early Modern Russia, Demonstrates That Russia's Path Toward Enlightenment Began Long Before Peter The Great's Opening To The West. Examining A Broad Range Of Writings, The Author Shows Why Russia's Enlightenment Constituted A Precondition For The Explosive Emergence Of Nineteenth-century Writers Such As Fedor Dostoyevsky And Vladimir Soloviev. Searching For Enlightenment -- Part I. Wisdom And Wickedness, 1500-1689 -- God And Politics In Muscovy -- A Question Of Legitimacy -- Visions Of The State At Mid-century -- Church And Politics In Late Muscovy -- Part Ii. Ways Of Virtue, 1689-1762 -- Church, State, And Society Under Peter -- Virtue And Politics After Peter -- Part Iii. Straining Toward Light, 1762-1801 -- Catherine Ii And Enlightenment -- Nikita Panin And Imperial Power -- Denis Fonvizin And Political Art -- Gavriil Derzhavin: Poetry And True Belief -- Ideas On Church And State -- Law And Enlightenment: Ivan Tret'iakov And Semen Desnitskii -- Novikov And The Moderate Enlightenment -- Radishchev And The Radical Enlightenment -- The Enigma Of Mikhail Shcherbatov -- Karamzin's Enlightened Conservatism -- Conclusion: Russia's Path Toward Enlightenment. Gary M. Hamburg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.