The First Russian Radical: Alexander Radishchev 1749-1802

by David Marshall Lang

Book Overview

When this was originally published in 1959 it was the first full-length biography of Alexander Radishchev published outside Russia and was based on hitherto unpublished material, memoir literature and Radishchev's own writings. Radishchev occupies a notable position in the history of European social thought, as the first writer to apply the criteria of the Western Age of Reason to conditions in Tsarist Russia. Sentenced to death on the orders of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032168277
• ISBN13: 9781032168272
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"