"Special Path: From Ideology to Method"
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The concept of a 'special path' can be attributed to one of the 'eternal' and simultaneously purely 'Russian' scenarios of national identification. In this collection, we would like to dispel this illusion by pointing to the relatively recent genesis and intellectual trajectory of the Sonderweg idiom. For the first time, texts published in Russian by leading German and English historians, who studied the history of pre-war Germany from the perspective of the Nazi catastrophe, open up new possibilities for the productive use of the 'special path' metaphor - as a basis for contemporary historiographical methodology. The comparative method helps to identify the uniqueness and commonality of each of the compared objects, thereby eliminating the teleologism of the macro-narrative. We offer readers a whole set of historical cases and theoretical polemics - from the idea of salvation in medieval Rus to 'uniqueness' in contemporary political culture, from disputes around the Nazi catastrophe to criticism of the 'special path' historiography over the years. Reflection on the concept of 'uniqueness' in Germany, Russia, Great Britain, the USA, Switzerland, and Romania allows us to redefine the problematics of the traumatic birth of modernity.
2nd edition.
Editors: Timur Atnashev, Mikhail Velizhev, Andrey Zorin.
2nd edition.
Editors: Timur Atnashev, Mikhail Velizhev, Andrey Zorin.
Author:
Author:Viktor Zhivov
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21.8x14.7x2.5 cm
Series:
Series:Russia in Memoirs
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-2185-5
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