The Invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : A Russian National Myth
For more than two hundred years, the eighteenth-century polymath Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov (1711-1765) has been glorified in Russian culture as the father of Russian science, literature, and, more generally, learning. This study traces the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.33jgre 2023-05-15T17:12:45+02:00 The Invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : A Russian National Myth Usitalo, Steven 2013-01-01 https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/1b7d1432-58f1-4311-96ef-0c145be9c8e5/assets/external_content.pdf https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/1b7d1432-58f1-4311-96ef-0c145be9c8e5 en eng Academic Studies Press ISBN:9781618116727 10670/1.33jgre https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/1b7d1432-58f1-4311-96ef-0c145be9c8e5/assets/external_content.pdf https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/1b7d1432-58f1-4311-96ef-0c145be9c8e5 lic_creative-commons Open Research Library litt hist Book https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_2f33/ 2013 fttriple 2023-01-22T17:09:00Z For more than two hundred years, the eighteenth-century polymath Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov (1711-1765) has been glorified in Russian culture as the father of Russian science, literature, and, more generally, learning. This study traces the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the attitudes toward the meaning and significance of science in Russian culture, as well as about the rise of a Russian national identity, of which Lomonosov became an outstanding symbol. Steven Usitalo argues that Lomonosov's fame has surpassed any realistic association with the known details of his life; he is of interest primarily as a symbolic figure who fulfilled the tangible intellectual and emotional requirements that Russian pride demanded in a national myth. Book Mikhail Lomonosov Unknown |
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For more than two hundred years, the eighteenth-century polymath Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov (1711-1765) has been glorified in Russian culture as the father of Russian science, literature, and, more generally, learning. This study traces the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the attitudes toward the meaning and significance of science in Russian culture, as well as about the rise of a Russian national identity, of which Lomonosov became an outstanding symbol. Steven Usitalo argues that Lomonosov's fame has surpassed any realistic association with the known details of his life; he is of interest primarily as a symbolic figure who fulfilled the tangible intellectual and emotional requirements that Russian pride demanded in a national myth. |
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