LEADER 03892cam a2200361 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20220912132012.0 008 020109s2003 njua b 001 0 eng 010 2002016908 020 0691096848 (alk. paper) 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish 041 eng 043 e-ur--- 050 00 DK32 |b.M274 2003 082 00 947/.07 |221 100 1 Marks, Steven G. |q(Steven Gary), |d1958- 245 10 How Russia shaped the modern world : |bfrom art to anti-semitism, ballet to bolshevism / |cSteven G. Marks. 260 Princeton, N.J. : |bPrinceton University Press, |cc2003. 300 xii, 393 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-379) and index. 505 1. Organizing Revolution: The Russian Terrorists -- 2. Kropotkin's Anti-Darwinian Anarchism -- 3. Dostoevsky's Messianic Irrationalism -- 4. Tolstoy and the Nonviolent Imperative -- 5. Destroying the Agents of Modernity: Russian Anti-Semitism -- 6. Conveying Higher Truth Onstage: Ballet and Theater -- 7. Abstract Art and the Regeneration of Mankind -- 8. The Dream of Communism -- 9. Communism and the New Forms of Dictatorship. 520 This sweeping history tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. On Europe's periphery, Russia was an early modernizing nation whose troubles stimulated intellectuals to develop radical and utopian alternatives to Western models of modernity. These provocative ideas gave rise to cultural and political innovations that were exported and adopted worldwide. Wherever there was discontent with modern existence or traditional societies were undergoing transformation, anti-Western sentiments arose. Many people perceived the Russian soul as the antithesis of the capitalist, imperialist West and turned to Russian ideas for inspiration and even salvation. Steven Marks shows that in this turbulent atmosphere of the past century and a half, Russia's lines of influence were many and reached far. Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels. It launched cutting-edge trends in ballet, theater, and art that revolutionized contemporary cultural life. The Russian anarchist movement benignly shaped the rise of vegetarianism and environmentalism while also giving birth to the violent methods of modern terrorist organizations. Tolstoy's visions of nonviolent resistance inspired Gandhi and the U.S. Civil Rights movement at the same time that Russian anti-Semitic conspiracy theories intoxicated right-wing extremists the world over. And dictators from Mussolini and Hitler to Mao and Saddam Hussein learned from the experiments of the Soviet regime. Moving gracefully from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Beijing and Berlin, London and Luanda, Mexico and Mississippi, Marks takes us on an intellectual tour of the Russian exports that shaped the twentieth century. The result is a richly textured and stunningly original account of the extent to which Russia--as an idea and a producer of ideas--has contributed to the making of the modern world. Placing Russia in its global context, the book betters our understanding of the anti-Western strivings that have been such a prominent feature of recent history. 580 Donation of Anatole Shub 650 0 Civilization, Modern |xRussian influences. 651 0 Russia |xCivilization |y1801-1917. 651 0 Soviet Union |xCivilization. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6947_000000000000000__07_MAR |70 |8GEN |9160762OSA |bOSA |d2022-09-07 |eShub |o947/.07 MAR |r2022-09-07 |w2022-09-07 |yBK |z"Advance, uncorrected reading copy." |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 7XOPv8Y4 992 01 947_000000000000000__07_MAR |bQVS_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ__ZS_DP8 966 |cIn the Research Room