Homo Imperii: A History Of Physical Anthropology In Russia (critical Studies In The History Of Anthropology)
by Marina Mogilner /
2013 / English / PDF
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It is widely assumed that the “nonclassical” nature of the
Russian empire and its equally “nonclassical” modernity made
Russian intellectuals immune to the racial obsessions of Western
Europe and the United States.
It is widely assumed that the “nonclassical” nature of the
Russian empire and its equally “nonclassical” modernity made
Russian intellectuals immune to the racial obsessions of Western
Europe and the United States.Homo Imperii
Homo Imperii corrects this
perception by offering the first scholarly history of racial
science in prerevolutionary Russia and the early Soviet Union.
Marina Mogilner places this story in the context of imperial
self-modernization, political and cultural debates of the epoch,
different reformist and revolutionary trends, and the growing
challenge of modern nationalism. By focusing on the competing
centers of race science in different cities and regions of the
empire,
corrects this
perception by offering the first scholarly history of racial
science in prerevolutionary Russia and the early Soviet Union.
Marina Mogilner places this story in the context of imperial
self-modernization, political and cultural debates of the epoch,
different reformist and revolutionary trends, and the growing
challenge of modern nationalism. By focusing on the competing
centers of race science in different cities and regions of the
empire,Homo Imperii
Homo Imperii introduces to English-language
scholars the institutional nexus of racial science in Russia that
exhibits the influence of imperial strategic relativism.
introduces to English-language
scholars the institutional nexus of racial science in Russia that
exhibits the influence of imperial strategic relativism.
Reminiscent of the work of anthropologists of empire such as Ann
Stoler and Benedict Anderson,
Reminiscent of the work of anthropologists of empire such as Ann
Stoler and Benedict Anderson,Homo Imperii
Homo Imperii reveals the
complex imperial dynamics of Russian physical anthropology and
contributes an important comparative perspective from which to
understand the emergence of racial science in nineteenth- and
twentieth-century Europe and America.
reveals the
complex imperial dynamics of Russian physical anthropology and
contributes an important comparative perspective from which to
understand the emergence of racial science in nineteenth- and
twentieth-century Europe and America.