Nathaniel Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathaniel Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathaniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seton Hall University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8065-4044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Skepticism, Faith and the Problem of Historical Authenticity
Epistemological questions concerning the reliability of historical knowledge and the establishment of truth, which we continue to confront today, were an urgent concern for Nikolai Nadezhdin in the aftermath of his arrest in 1836 resulting from his publication of Petr Chaadaev’s Philosophical Letter. In the months following his arrest he published a trio of articles, at least partially written while in confinement, which address the problem of hi…
Why Did Nadezhdin Publish Chaadaev? Interests vs. Ideas in the Literary Politics of the 1830s
Biography as Archive
This article examines biographies of scholars as a particular genre of biographical writing in imperial Russia. Taking as its starting point Nikolai Barsukov's monumental biography of Mikhail Pogodin, the article draws on a sample of biographies of scholars active in the fields of history, oriental studies, statistics, philosophy and literary criticism, and analyses them from the perspective of narrative structure, use of sources, views of the in…
Vera Tolz, Russia’s Own Orient
Russian Orientalism
Nikolai Kharuzin and the Quest for a Universal Human Science
Nikolai Kharuzin and the Quest for a Universal Human ScienceAnthropological Evolutionism and the Russian Ethnographic Tradition, 1885-1900 Nathaniel Knight (bio) In 1890, the prominent literary historian Aleksandr Pypin published the first volume of his major study on the history of Russian ethnography. It was a formidable undertaking: by the time publication was complete in 1893, the work had stretched to four densely packed volumes chronicling …
Ethnicity, Nationality and the Masses
Russia, at first glance, would seem a dubious candidate to wear the emblem of modernity. Few features are as universally ascribed to Russia's historical experience from earliest times to the present day as backwardness. In Russia's gallery of backwardness nationality is on prominent display. Put to the test in the early twentieth century, when European nationalist fervor was at its peak, Russian national cohesion proved a feeble force in the face…
Grigor'ev in Orenburg, 1851-1862
In December 1851, Vasilii Vasil'evich Grigor'ev, one of Russia's foremost specialists on the history and languages of Central Asia and the Near East, set off from St. Petersburg to build a new career as an administrator in the turbulent borderlands around the city of Orenburg. Grigor'ev's reasons for leaving Petersburg were both professional and personal. Unable to find an acceptable position in either the educational system or the state bureaucr…
Grigor'ev in Orenburg, 1851-1862
In December 1851, Vasilii Vasil'evich Grigor'ev, one of Russia's foremost specialists on the history and languages of Central Asia and the Near East, set off from St. Petersburg to build a new career as an administrator in the turbulent borderlands around the city of Orenburg. Grigor'ev's reasons for leaving Petersburg were both professional and personal. Unable to find an acceptable position in either the educational system or the state bureaucr…
Nikolai Kharuzin and the Quest for a Universal Human Science
Nikolai Kharuzin and the Quest for a Universal Human ScienceAnthropological Evolutionism and the Russian Ethnographic Tradition, 1885-1900 Nathaniel Knight (bio) In 1890, the prominent literary historian Aleksandr Pypin published the first volume of his major study on the history of Russian ethnography. It was a formidable undertaking: by the time publication was complete in 1893, the work had stretched to four densely packed volumes chronicling …
Russian Orientalism
Ethnicity, Nationality and the Masses
Russia, at first glance, would seem a dubious candidate to wear the emblem of modernity. Few features are as universally ascribed to Russia's historical experience from earliest times to the present day as backwardness. In Russia's gallery of backwardness nationality is on prominent display. Put to the test in the early twentieth century, when European nationalist fervor was at its peak, Russian national cohesion proved a feeble force in the face…
Grigor'ev in Orenburg, 1851-1862
In December 1851, Vasilii Vasil'evich Grigor'ev, one of Russia's foremost specialists on the history and languages of Central Asia and the Near East, set off from St. Petersburg to build a new career as an administrator in the turbulent borderlands around the city of Orenburg. Grigor'ev's reasons for leaving Petersburg were both professional and personal. Unable to find an acceptable position in either the educational system or the state bureaucr…
Nikolai Kharuzin and the Quest for a Universal Human Science
Nikolai Kharuzin and the Quest for a Universal Human ScienceAnthropological Evolutionism and the Russian Ethnographic Tradition, 1885-1900 Nathaniel Knight (bio) In 1890, the prominent literary historian Aleksandr Pypin published the first volume of his major study on the history of Russian ethnography. It was a formidable undertaking: by the time publication was complete in 1893, the work had stretched to four densely packed volumes chronicling …
Russian Orientalism
Vera Tolz, Russia’s Own Orient
Biography as Archive
This article examines biographies of scholars as a particular genre of biographical writing in imperial Russia. Taking as its starting point Nikolai Barsukov's monumental biography of Mikhail Pogodin, the article draws on a sample of biographies of scholars active in the fields of history, oriental studies, statistics, philosophy and literary criticism, and analyses them from the perspective of narrative structure, use of sources, views of the in…
Why Did Nadezhdin Publish Chaadaev? Interests vs. Ideas in the Literary Politics of the 1830s
Skepticism, Faith and the Problem of Historical Authenticity
Epistemological questions concerning the reliability of historical knowledge and the establishment of truth, which we continue to confront today, were an urgent concern for Nikolai Nadezhdin in the aftermath of his arrest in 1836 resulting from his publication of Petr Chaadaev’s Philosophical Letter. In the months following his arrest he published a trio of articles, at least partially written while in confinement, which address the problem of hi…
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