{"product_id":"pushkin-the-decembrists-and-civic-sentimentalism-hardcover","title":"Pushkin, the Decembrists, and Civic Sentimentalism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Wang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn December 1825, a group of liberal aristocrats, officers, and intelligentsia mounted a coup against the tsarist government of Russia. Inspired partially by the democratic revolutions in the United States and France, the Decembrist movement was unsuccessful; however, it led Russia's civil society to new avenues of aspiration and had a lasting impact on Russian culture and politics. Many writers and thinkers belonged to the conspiracy while others, including the poet Alexander Pushkin, were loosely or ambiguously affiliated. While the Decembrist movement and Pushkin's involvement has been well covered by historians, Emily Wang takes a novel approach, examining the emotional and literary motivations behind the movement and the dramatic, failed coup. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through careful readings of the literature of Pushkin and others active in the northern branch of the Decembrist movement, such as Kondraty Ryleev, Wilhelm K?helbecker, and Fyodor Glinka, Wang traces the development of \"emotional communities\" among the members and adjacent writers. This book illuminates what Wang terms \"civic sentimentalism\" the belief that cultivating noble sentiments on an individual level was the key to liberal progress for Russian society, a core part of Decembrist ideology that constituted a key difference from their thought and Pushkin's. The emotional program for Decembrist community members was, in other ways, a civic program for Russia as a whole, one that they strove to enact by any means necessary.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of German and Russian Languages at the University of Notre Dame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405823557810,"sku":"9780299345808","price":179.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e825b3a62af6d7946478b65e71fc2b43.webp?v=1778193224","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/pushkin-the-decembrists-and-civic-sentimentalism-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}