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Bölcsészettudományi Kar

Szervezet

BTK Orosz Nyelvi és Irodalmi Tanszék

Kód

BMI-OROD16-906.75

Cím

Irodalmi/nyelvészeti/kultúratörténeti szakszeminárium II.: Orosz eszmetörténet

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Russian Intellectual History / Orosz eszmetörténet

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Tavaszi

ECTS

3

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

Description: The course is an undergraduate-level introduction to the history of modern Russian thought. The course aims to familiarize students with the main scholarly debates and key texts that are relevant to the topic of Russian intellectual history. In the first part of the course, students will discuss related analytical concepts (such as modernisation, intelligentsia, westernization, populism) to improve their critical thinking skills and conceptual apparatus. In the second part of the course, students will read important intellectual works and learn about their historical-cultural-political settings. Beyond the specific materials of the course, students will improve their analytical, argumentative and critical reasoning skills in English through reading primary sources and secondary literature. All primary sources will be made available in English (and in Russian original). Mandatory secondary literature will be in English. The course is recommended for students interested in intellectual history, literary studies, cultural studies, philosophy and political science. Contact the course instructor, Alexandra Medzibrodszky, to get the syllabus or in case of any questions at a.medzibrodszky@gmail.com

Tantárgy tartalma

Learning outcomes: • learn about Russian history and cultural-political contexts of important intellectual works; • better understand scholarly debates on studying Russian intellectual history and key concepts such as modernisation, intelligentsia, Slavophiles, populism; • develop skills of critical reading and thinking by analyzing primary sources (in English translation or Russian original) in their historical-cultural-political settings; • improve academic writing and argumentative skills in English through the presentation or essay writing exercise (making an argument, using sources and including a bibliography).

Számonkérés és értékelés

Course requirements • Class participation – 40% Class participation means that students need to regularly attend and participate actively during class discussions with comments and questions. • Take home essay OR presentation - 60% Students can choose between a) an end-of-term take-home essay of ca. 2000 words or b) a 15-minute long presentation with a handout: a) Presentation: Students will be given a list of possible presentation topics and they need to prepare a 15-minute long presentation on the topic and deliver it during the class (using at least 3 secondary sources). b) Students will be given a list of questions and they need to respond to one question related to the course material in a take-home essay (using at least 3 secondary sources).

Irodalomjegyzék

Overview Week 1 Introduction – Key concepts and interpretative frameworks Week 2 The paradoxes of modernisation: historical overview Week 3 A. Radischev and Nikolai Karamzin Week 4 Petr Chaadaev Week 5 Slavophiles Week 6 Westernizers and A. Herzen Week 7 Spring break Week 8 Anarchism Week 9 F. Dostoevsky and L. Tolstoy Week 10 Populism Week 11 Nikolai Danilevsky and Konstantin Leont’ev Week 12 Revolutionary Marxism Week 13 Russia Intellectual History – Main themes and conclusions Readings Week 1 Introduction – Key concepts and interpretative frameworks • Isaiah Berlin, “Introduction”, In M. Raeff, ed. Russian Intellectual History: an Anthology (1999), 3-11. Week 2 The Paradoxes of modernization and intelligentsia: historical overview • Simon. Dixon, ‘Modernisation theory and Russian history’, in The modernisation of Russia, 1667- 1825 (Cambridge, 1999), 1-26. • Martin Malia, “What is Intelligentsia?” In Martin E. Malia, 'What Is the Intelligentsia?', in The Russian Intelligentsia, New. York, 1961. Week 3 A. Radischev and Nikolai Karamzin • A. Radischev, “A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” (excerpts) in Readings in Russian Civilization, Vol. II. Imperial Russia, 1700-1917; ed. Th. Riha, University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London, 260-279. • Karamzin, N. “Karamzin, Nikolai Mikhailovich “A Memoir on Ancient and Modern Russia.”, Readings in Russian Civilization, Vol. II. Imperial Russia, 1700-1917; ed Th. Riha, University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London, 280-294. • A. Walicki, “Gentry Conservatives and Gentry Revolutionaries”, in A History of Russian Thought. From the Enlightenment to Marxism”, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1980, 53-70 Week 4 Petr Chaadaev • Petr Chaadaev, “Letters on the Philosophy of History,” in Raeff, ed. Russian Intellectual History: an Anthology (1999), 159-173. • A. Walicki, “Petr Chaadaev”, in A History of Russian Thought. From the Enlightenment to Marxism”, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1980, 81-91. Week 5 Slavophiles • Konstantin Aksakov, “On the Internal State of Russia,” in M. Raeff, ed. Russian Intellectual History: an Anthology (1999), 230-252. • Ivan V. Kireevsky, “On the Nature of European Culture and Its Relation to the Culture of Russia”, in M. Raeff, ed. Russian Intellectual History: an Anthology (1999),175-207. • A. Walicki, “The Slavophiles”, in A History of Russian Thought. From the Enlightenment to Marxism, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1980, 92-114. Week 6 Westernizers and Alexander Herzen • Vissarion Belinsky, “Letter to N.V. Gogol,” in M. Raeff, ed. Russian Intellectual History: an Anthology (1999), 252-261 • A. Herzen, “The Russian People and Socialism. An Open Letter to Jules Michelet” In From the Other Shore and The Russian People and Socialism, trans. Moura Budberg and Richard Wollheim (Oxford University Press, 1979). Week 7 Spring break Week 8 Anarchism: Mikhail Bakunin and Petr Kropotkin • M. Bakunin, “Statism and Anarchy”, (Extracts), in W.J. Leatherbarrow and D. C. Offord (ed.), A Documentary History of Russian Thought, Ardis: Ann Arbour, 1987, 278-277. • Peter Kropotkin, selections from The Conquest of Bread (1892) • A. Walicki, “Anarchism” in in A History of Russian Thought. From the Enlightenment to Marxism”, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1980, 268.-290. Week 9 Populism • Petr Lavrov, “The Cost of Progress,” Historical Letters (1869-70), ed. James P. Scanlan (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967), 107-128. • Isaiah Berlin, “Russian Populism” in Isaiah Berlin, Russian Thinkers, New York: Penguin Books, 1978): 210-237. • A. Walicki, “Populist Ideologies”, in A History of Russian Thought. From the Enlightenment to Marxism”, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1980, 222-243. Week 10 Nikolai Danilevsky and Konstantin Leont’ev • Danilevskii, Nikolai. Russia and Europe: The Slavic World's Political and Cultural Relations with the Germanic-Roman West, translated by Stephen M. Woodburn. Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica, 2013. (excerpts) • K. Leontyev, “Byzantinism and Slavdom”, (excerpts) Week 11 F. Dostoevsky and L. Tolstoy • L. Tolstoy: The Meaning of the Russian Revolution • F. Dostoevsky: Winter Notes on Summer Impressions (excerpts) • A. Walicki, “Two Prophetic Writers”, in A History of Russian Thought. From the Enlightenment to Marxism”, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1980, 222-243. Week 12 Revolutionary Marxism • Lenin “What Is to Be Done?” (1902) (excerpts) • Lars T. Lih, “How a Founding Document Was Found, or One Hundred Years of Lenin’s ‘What Is to Be Done?,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 4, no. 1 (Winter 2003): 47 Week 13 Russian Intellectual History – Main themes and conclusions • Boris Groys, “Russia and the West: The Quest for Russian National Identity” In Studies in Soviet Thought , May, 1992, Vol. 43, No. 3 (May, 1992), pp. 185-198 • M. Raeff, “Russia's Perception of Her Relationship with the West” In Slavic Review , Mar., 1964, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Mar., 1964), pp. 13-19. • Philip T. Grier “The Russian Idea and the West”, in Russian and Western Civilization. Cultural and Historical Encounters, ed. R. Bova, Routledge: London and New York, 23-77

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