CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Mordvinov, Dmitry |
|---|---|
| Title | Searching for an Imperial Ideology: the Concept of Nationality in the Works of Count Uvarov and the Journal of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment, 1833-1849 |
| Summary | The present study explores the concept of Nationality, which was created by Count Uvarov, the Minister for Public Enlightenment in Russia from 1833 to 1849. This concept formed the crucial part of the doctrine of Official Nationality, which served as the state ideology in the late Russian Empire. The author assesses various approaches taken to interpret and historicise the concept and the Minister himself. The author investigates the uses to which the concept of nationality was put in the governmental periodical publication, The Journal of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment, and the writings of its author, Count Uvarov, and traces the developments that the concept has undergone from the initial stage in the issues of the Journal in the 1830s to 1840s. Furthermore, the author explores the implications of the concept, ranging from Russia's attitude towards Europe and the possibilities of a Russian Sonderweg to the problems of Russification in various imperial lands. The author asserts that while certain traits of the idea of nationality had undergone a process of solidification, it was the main unchanged characteristic of nationality, namely, its amorphousness, that enabled it to survive until the end of the Russian Empire. |
| Supervisor | Miller, Alexei |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/mordvinov_dmitry.pdf |
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