{"product_id":"war-and-enlightenment-in-russia-eugene-miakinkov-9781487503543","title":"War and Enlightenment in Russia: Military Culture in the Age of Catherine II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar and Enlightenment in Russia\u003c\/em\u003e explores how members of \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe military during the reign \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eideas about the equality and moral worth of all \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehumans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003egoverned by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esubordination to seniority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile there is a sizable literature about the impact of the \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEnlightenment on government, economy, manners, and literature \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein Russia, no analytical framework that outlines its \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eimpact on the military exists. Eugene Miakinkov's research \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses this gap and challenges the assumption that the \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emilitary was an unadaptable and vertical institution. Using archival \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esources, military manuals, essays, memoirs, and letters, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe author demonstrates how the Russian \u003ci\u003emilitaires philosophes \u003c\/i\u003eoperationalized the Enlightenment by turning thought \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einto reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Miakinkov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487503547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487503543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Eugene Miakinkov","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372496572671,"sku":"9781487503543","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ecd90ca-5015-4543-9352-b34a664beffb.jpg?v=1732726106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-and-enlightenment-in-russia-eugene-miakinkov-9781487503543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}