{"product_id":"9781350640818","title":"Martyr Cults in Revolutionary Russia Secular Saints in the Imperial Age","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMartyr Cults in Revolutionary Russia\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSecular Saints in the Imperial Age\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGeorge Gilbert\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIS032010\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book examines a series of martyr cults across the socio-political spectrum in late imperial Russia, during the period from 1881 to 1918.\u003c\/b\u003e It provides a unique cultural-historical analysis of the meaning of mythologies, including rhetoric and symbols surrounding these cults, rather than a biographical study or one about how events caused changed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssessing the creation of martyr cults on the political right as well as the left, George Gilbert explores interactions between monarchists and revolutionists following political demonstrations, assassinations and revolutionary conflicts between insurgents and the tsarist state. Gilbert convincingly contends that political conflict between rival cultures arose following cases such as the assassination of Emperor Alexander II in 1881, and the deification of revolutionary terrorists in the early 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartyr Cults in Revolutionary Russia \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that cults were often created following the escalation of political violence, which resulted in both leftists and conservatives investing more in populism and engaging with new audiences. The book demonstrates this through close analysis of the language, meaning and tone of unseen source materials, including printed pamphlets, the popular press and archival records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGeorge Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Radical Right in Late Imperial Russia: Dreams of a True Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eReading Russian Sources\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), which won Best Historical Materials for 2020 and 2021 from the American Library Association.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350640818\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223601840268,"sku":"9781350640818","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350640818","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}