Billington, James H.
The icon and the axe : an interpretive history of Russian culture / by James H. Billington. - New York : Vintage Books, 1970. - xviii, 786, xxxiii p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1966.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background: Kiev ; The forest -- The confrontation: The Muscovite ideology ; The coming of the West -- The century of schism: The split within ; The Westward turn -- The century of aristocratic culture: The troubled enlightenment ; The anti-enlightenment ; The "cursed questions" -- On to new shores: The turn to social thought ; The agony of populist art ; New perspectives of the waning century -- Uncertain colossus: Crescendo ; The Soviet era ; Fresh ferment ; The irony of Russian history.
9780394708461 0394708466
92138857
B66-20891
Soviet Union--Intellectual life.
Soviet Union Intellectual life
DK32.7 / .B5 1970
914.703 BI.I 1970 / 02851
The icon and the axe : an interpretive history of Russian culture / by James H. Billington. - New York : Vintage Books, 1970. - xviii, 786, xxxiii p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1966.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background: Kiev ; The forest -- The confrontation: The Muscovite ideology ; The coming of the West -- The century of schism: The split within ; The Westward turn -- The century of aristocratic culture: The troubled enlightenment ; The anti-enlightenment ; The "cursed questions" -- On to new shores: The turn to social thought ; The agony of populist art ; New perspectives of the waning century -- Uncertain colossus: Crescendo ; The Soviet era ; Fresh ferment ; The irony of Russian history.
9780394708461 0394708466
92138857
B66-20891
Soviet Union--Intellectual life.
Soviet Union Intellectual life
DK32.7 / .B5 1970
914.703 BI.I 1970 / 02851