La jeunesse russe à l'aube du XIXe siècle [André Turgenev et ses amis]
In: Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 560-586
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In: Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 560-586
In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 688-691
ISSN: 2325-7784
In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 578-580
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 559-560
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 130-131
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 13-19
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The old French adage comparaison n'est pas raison indicates that comparison (contrast, too, for that matter) is never made for its own sake but only to lead to some conclusion. That is why the habit of comparing, or contrasting, the history of one country with that of another (or several others) gives rise to such vexing problems and generates such intense passions—and in turn feeds on them. We are dealing here not only with a "scientific" problem, whose solution would be an acquired truth, but with the attitudes of the participants and spectators of historical events as well. Unlike the scholar who is supposed to search only for truth, social and political thinkers and litterateurs engage in comparative analysis and reasoning in order to indulge whatever lies closest to their hearts at a given moment. In his paper Mr. Roberts has concentrated on the problems facing the scholar-scientist. His scientific similes and epistemological caveats are therefore neither mere literary embellishments nor a challenge to C. P. Snow's dichotomized view of the contemporary intellectual but quite deliberate and telling evidence that his main preoccupation is to clarify the methodological issues involved. In this very essential and laudable enterprise he has cut away much of the underbrush that all too often obscures comparative analysis and politically (or culturally or religiously) motivated contrasts. But in so doing he has perhaps allowed himself to lose sight of the reasons that made the question of Russia's relationship to the West an issue of such momentous concern for generations of Russians as well as Europeans—and now for Americans too. By taking up the discussion from the questions of method which Mr. Roberts has elucidated so well, we may be able to come to grips with the problem of attitudes and clarify a bit more the nature of the specific comparative issue with which we are concerned.
In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 139-140
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 751-753
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 334-335
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 185-186
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 737-738
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In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 77, Heft 2, S. 307-310
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 344-346
ISSN: 2325-7784
In: Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 295-307
In: Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 415-433