Hledání ideálního státu. Cesta do Ofírské země M. M. Ščerbatova mezi historickým mýtem a utopií

• Authors: Příhoda Marek

Title variants

EN

LOOKING FOR AN IDEAL STATE. JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF OPHYR BY M. M. SHCHERBATOV BETWEEN HISTORICAL MYTH AND UTOPIA

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyses M. M. Shcherbatov’s unfinished work Journey to the Land of Ophyr. Shcherbatov’s utopia reflects upon his own perception of the Russian history which was based on the myth of historical fracture resulting from Peter the Great’s reforms.

Keywords

EN

Peter the Great; 18th Century; Old Russia; Imperial Idea; Westernization; Enlightenment; Utopia

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 78-89

Contributors

author

Příhoda Marek

• Department of East European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague