The Concept of Holy Rus’ in Russian Literary and Cultural Tradition: Between the Third Rome and the City of Kitezh
The paper explores the genealogy of the concept of Holy Rus’ (or Holy Russia) in Russian literature and culture from the nineteenth century onward. An integral part of Russian sacred geography, Holy Rus’ underwent some profound semantic transformations in order to become an epitome of religious and...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2022
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Entangled Religions
Ano: 2022, Volume: 13, Número: 8 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Rússia
/ Santidade
/ Representação
/ Literatura
/ Nacionalismo
/ História 1800-2022
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| Classificações IxTheo: | CD Cristianismo ; Cultura CG Cristianismo e política FD Teologia contextual KAH Idade Moderna KAJ Época contemporânea KBK Europa oriental KDF Igreja ortodoxa NBL Predestinação SD Direito eclesiástico ; Igreja ortodoxa |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Holy Rus’
B ‘decolonial option’ B sacred geography B Russian colonialism B Martyrdom |
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| Resumo: | The paper explores the genealogy of the concept of Holy Rus’ (or Holy Russia) in Russian literature and culture from the nineteenth century onward. An integral part of Russian sacred geography, Holy Rus’ underwent some profound semantic transformations in order to become an epitome of religious and ethnic purity in the context of Russia’s imperial expansion. Focusing on the literary manifestations of Russia’s contacts with the ethnic and religious Other as well as on its struggle with the universalist claims of the European Enlightenment, the study highlights the colonial aspects of the notion of Holy Rus’, thus questioning its potential of providing a viable ‘indigenous’ alternative to the Western epistemological hegemony. Finally, the paper offers a critical review of the present-day exploitation of Holy Rus’ as a transcendental model of both a unifying national force and inter-confessional dialogue. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.13.2022.9964 |