"Tsar and God" and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics

Download or read book "Tsar and God" and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics written by Boris Andreevich Uspenskiĭ and published by Ars Rossika. This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.