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• catalog abstract "How could the West have better prepared for the fall of communism and gained a clearer picture of Russia's new political landscape? By cultivating an awareness, Nicolai Petro argues, of the deep democratic aspirations of the Russian people since Muscovite times. Petro traces the long history of those aspirations, recovering for us an understanding crucial to our formation of successful foreign policy toward Russia. Petro's analysis includes many surprising and incisive observations. In a look at the Russian Orthodox Church, he details its long history of support for opposition sentiment during both Tsarist and Soviet times and its support for democracy today. He also explores the character and power of contemporary Russian nationalism and traces its origins to the neo-Slavophile national identity that took its shape as a challenge to Bolshevik oppression. Delineating Russia's postcommunist political parties, the author reveals their roots in prerevolutionary times and explains how this continuity makes Russian political aspirations far more predictable than is commonly assumed. Awakening us to Russia's historical involvement in the democratic quest that lies at the heart of Western values, Petro opens a path for a more meaningful, more productive, understanding of modern Russia.".
• catalog contributor b8157296.
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "1. Political Culture and the Failure of Sovietology -- 2. Constrained Autocracy in Russian History -- 3. Orthodoxy's Symphonic Ideal: The Russian Church in Search of Tradition -- 4. The "Russian Idea": Forging an Alternative National Identity -- 5. Russia's Alternative Political Organizations: The Re-emergence of Civil Society -- 6. Back to the Future of Russian Politics.".
• catalog description "How could the West have better prepared for the fall of communism and gained a clearer picture of Russia's new political landscape? By cultivating an awareness, Nicolai Petro argues, of the deep democratic aspirations of the Russian people since Muscovite times. Petro traces the long history of those aspirations, recovering for us an understanding crucial to our formation of successful foreign policy toward Russia. Petro's analysis includes many surprising and incisive observations. In a look at the Russian Orthodox Church, he details its long history of support for opposition sentiment during both Tsarist and Soviet times and its support for democracy today. He also explores the character and power of contemporary Russian nationalism and traces its origins to the neo-Slavophile national identity that took its shape as a challenge to Bolshevik oppression. Delineating Russia's postcommunist political parties, the author reveals their roots in prerevolutionary times and explains how this continuity makes Russian political aspirations far more predictable than is commonly assumed. Awakening us to Russia's historical involvement in the democratic quest that lies at the heart of Western values, Petro opens a path for a more meaningful, more productive, understanding of modern Russia.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-216) and index.".
• catalog extent "ix, 226 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Rebirth of Russian democracy.".
• catalog identifier "0674750012 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Rebirth of Russian democracy.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
• catalog relation "Rebirth of Russian democracy.".
• catalog spatial "Russia (Federation)".
• catalog spatial "Russia".
• catalog spatial "Soviet Union.".
• catalog subject "306.2 20".
• catalog subject "Civil society Russia (Federation)".
• catalog subject "JN6581 .P47 1995".
• catalog subject "National characteristics, Russian History.".
• catalog subject "Political culture Russia History.".
• catalog subject "Political culture Soviet Union.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Political Culture and the Failure of Sovietology -- 2. Constrained Autocracy in Russian History -- 3. Orthodoxy's Symphonic Ideal: The Russian Church in Search of Tradition -- 4. The "Russian Idea": Forging an Alternative National Identity -- 5. Russia's Alternative Political Organizations: The Re-emergence of Civil Society -- 6. Back to the Future of Russian Politics.".
• catalog title "The rebirth of Russian democracy : an interpretation of political culture / Nicolai N. Petro.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".