History as geography: In search for Russian identity

Sign Systems Studies

Mihhail Lotman¹ 

[1] Department of Semiotics, University of TartuJakobi 2, Tartu 51014 /School of Humanities, Tallinn UniversityUus-Sadama 5, Tallinn 10120;

关键词: betweenness;    binary models;    history;    Russian culture;    Russian space;    semiotics of culture;   

DOI  :  10.12697/SSS.2017.45.3-4.04

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article addresses the notion of a Russian spacetime, in which the spatial parameters constitute one of the most important constant of history. This constant is not dependent on the governing ideology. What changes is the evaluative, that is, the most superficial, component; what is a matter of pride for some people, is a discredit to others. Yet nobody seems to contest the dominant of spatiality. In the article, a typology of this betweenness is offered; different Russian ideologists have used all options that are theoretically possible.

【 授权许可】

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