Preface
Introduction
1. Defining Russian Conservatism
2. The Reign of Alexander
3. Official Nationality
4. The Slavophiles
5. The Great Reforms
6. The Era of Counter-Reform
7. Between Revolutions
8. Emigration
9. The Soviet Union Under Stalin
10. Late Soviet Conservatism
11. Post-Soviet Russia
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Paul Robinson is Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He is author and editor of numerous works on Russian and Soviet history, including Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Supreme Commander of the Russian Army, which won the Society for Military History's distinguished book award for biography.
Defining Russian conservatism is a bit like putting a jellyfish
into a box, and Robinson offers an absolutely scrupulous dissection
of its manifestations from 1800 to 2017. He concludes that Russian
conservatism is about much more than the reactionary nationalism to
which it is very often reduced; in fact, it comprises quite varied
ideas about how to achieve managed, organic change and reform,
while drawing on and preserving Russian culture and tradition.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Robinson writes fluidly and engagingly about his topic; Russian
Conservatism is a magisterial work, and a must-read for students of
Russia's past as well as those of her present, and certainly those
eager to divine her future.
*New Books Network*
Russia watchers tend to focus on Putin's authoritarianism and
expansionist sphere-of-influence projects. But Robinson argues that
Russian conservatism requires increased scholarly attention because
it has become a salient aspect of post-communist Russia. Among this
book's notable contributions are ideational cameos of little-known
Russian conservative thinkers.
*Choice*
Paul Robinson's engaging new book traces the multivalent,
paradoxical, and circuitous developments of Russian conservatism
from this inceptionary moment to its articulations in present-day
Russia by examining an array of responses to key events in modern
Russian and European history.
*The Russian Review*
Robinson's fascinating book is a must-read for anyone who wants to
understand the socio-cultural dynamic and history behind Russia's
great-power ambition.
*The Federalist*
Paul Robinson's comprehensive and timely Russian Conservatism
locates contemporary Russian politics within the historical
continuum of conservative thought. With a balanced, systematic
approach, Robinson guides his reader through a complex and at times
contradictory set of beliefs from the early 1800s to the present
day.
*BASEES*
Robinson's conclusion that entrenched conservative reaction is set
to strengthen would seem unarguable. His book facilitates an
understanding of just how conservatism has triumphed in Russia.
*Journal of European Studies*
As an overview of Russia's leading conservative thinkers,
Robinson's succinct survey is an excellent introduction. Those who
teach courses on the history of Russian thought will be obligated
to include his book in their syllabi. It will also help us
understand political thinking in today's federation.
*Canadian Slavonic Papers*
[F]or those interested not only in why, but how Russia's tangled
intellectual garden has and might grow, Robinson's book is an
important contribution.
*Russia Reviewed*
This important, timely book fills a void. The book is an insightful
primer, introducing readers to conservatism as a part of the
ideological landscape and national conversation across two
centuries.
*Slavic Review*
For anyone interested in the history of conservatism in Russia,
this book is invaluable, providing as it does in-depth information
on conservatism in the development and transformation of Russian
culture, politics, and socio-economic life. It is a very good
source for future research in the study of the historical
transformation of the Russian state and Russian society.
*International Journal of Russian Studies*
For anyone interested in the history of conservatism in Russia,
this book is invaluable, providing as it does in-depth information
on conservatism in the development and transformation of Russian
culture, politics, and socio-economic life. It is a very good
source for future research in the study of the historical
transformation of the Russian state and Russian society.
*International Journal of Russian Conservatism*
What Paul Robinson accomplishes in Russian Conservatism is no small
feat. This book is a worthwhile read that deserves a large
audience
*The University Bookman*
Robinson pairs erudition with admirably calibrated judgment; he
manages to resist the terrible simplications that too often
dominate punditry, and even scholarship, on all things Russian
*Claremont Review of Books*
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