The Power of Language and Rhetoric in Russian Political History

This book examines the rhetorical force of certain key words in the discourses of Russian state, political thought, and literature. It shows how terms for cultured conduct (kul''turnost''), political affection (love, liubov'', joy-radost'' etc.), personhood (lichnost''), truth (pravda) and geographical integrity (tsel''nost'') assumed almost sacral meaning. It considers how these terms took on a l...