History as geography: In search for Russian identity

This article addresses the notion of a Russian spacetime, in which the spatial parameters constitute one of the most important constant of history. This constant is not dependent on the governing ideology. What changes is the evaluative, that is, the most superficial, component; what is a matter of...

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Main Author:	Mihhail Lotman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Tartu Press 2017-12-01
Series:	Sign Systems Studies
Subjects:	betweenness binary models history Russian culture Russian space semiotics of culture
Online Access:	https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15957

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spelling	doaj-c343dd4732e24ad48e4f3d683c8664a42021-04-02T11:30:39ZengUniversity of Tartu PressSign Systems Studies1406-42431736-74092017-12-01453/410.12697/SSS.2017.45.3-4.04History as geography: In search for Russian identityMihhail Lotman0Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu Jakobi 2, Tartu 51014 / School of Humanities, Tallinn University Uus-Sadama 5, Tallinn 10120This article addresses the notion of a Russian spacetime, in which the spatial parameters constitute one of the most important constant of history. This constant is not dependent on the governing ideology. What changes is the evaluative, that is, the most superficial, component; what is a matter of pride for some people, is a discredit to others. Yet nobody seems to contest the dominant of spatiality. In the article, a typology of this betweenness is offered; different Russian ideologists have used all options that are theoretically possible.https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15957betweennessbinary modelshistoryRussian cultureRussian spacesemiotics of culture
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description	This article addresses the notion of a Russian spacetime, in which the spatial parameters constitute one of the most important constant of history. This constant is not dependent on the governing ideology. What changes is the evaluative, that is, the most superficial, component; what is a matter of pride for some people, is a discredit to others. Yet nobody seems to contest the dominant of spatiality. In the article, a typology of this betweenness is offered; different Russian ideologists have used all options that are theoretically possible.
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History as geography: In search for Russian identity

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