Towards an Intellectual History of Ukraine : : An Anthology of Ukrainian Thought from 1710 to 1995 / / ed. by Ralph Lindheim, George Luckyj.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Divovych, Semen,; Dontsov, Dmytro,; Drahomanov, Mykhailo,; Dziuba, Ivan,; Franko, Ivan,; Gogol, Nikolai,; Hrinckenko, Borys,; Hrushevsky, Mykhailo,; Kacbala, Stefan,; Kbvylovy, Mykola,; Kistiakovsky, Bohdan,; Kostomarov, Mykola,; Kulish, Panteleimon,; Lypynsky, Viacheslav,; Malaniuk, levhen,; Mikhnovsky, Mykola,; Nazaruk, Osyp,; Nechui-Levytsky, Ivan,; Poletyka, Hryhorii,; Poltava, Petro,; Potebnia, Oleksander,; Prokopovych, Teofan,; Riabchuk, Mykola,; Rudnytska, Milena,; Shevchenko, Taras,; Skovoroda, Hryhorii,; Skrypnyk, Mykola,; Vynnychenko, Volodymyr,; lurkevych, Pamfil,
• HerausgeberIn: Lindheim, Ralph,; Luckyj, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

Together with a long introductory essay, the editors of this volume have provided a collection of major documents dating from 1710 to 1995. The texts, many of them translated for the first time and some perhaps unfamiliar to Ukrainian readers, explore issues that intellectual history has traditionally set out to examine and explain. They touch on religious, philosophical, aesthetic, ethical, sociological, historical, and political ideas, and thereby illuminate significant attitudes, values, ideological commitments, and systems of thought that have crystallized at central moments in the development of Ukraine. Leading Ukrainian writers, scholars, intellectuals, political figures, and statesman present their views on Ukrainian history, especially its relation to Russia, but also discuss their society, literature, and culture, as well as the slow but dramatic formation and growth of national identity.These texts best reflect the transformation of Ukraine, and the obstacles to such a transformation, into a modern nation, which in 1991 declared its independence. They serve, therefore, as a guide to a complex period of hundreds of years, which, up to now, was too often considered only as a part of Russian history. In this context, the anthology contributes to an understanding of the past few centuries from a post-colonial perspective.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Bendery Constitution (abridgment -- 2. Sermon on Royal Authority and Honour (excerpt) -- 3. A Talk between Great Russia and Little Russia (excerpt) -- 4. A Submission to the Legislative Commission (excerpt) -- 5. The Serpent's Flood (excerpt) -- 6. Istoriia Rusov (excerpts) -- 7. Letters (excerpts) -- 8. The Books of the Genesis of the Ukrainian People (excerpt) -- 9. Preface to an Unpublished Edition of Kobzar -- 10. Epilogue to The Black Council -- 11. Two Russian Nationalities (excerpts) -- 12. A Letter to the Editor of Kolokol -- 13. The Science of the Human Spirit (excerpts) -- 14. The Lost Epoch (abridgment) -- 15. Polish Policy towards Rus' (excerpts) -- 16. The Problem of Denationalization (excerpt) -- 17. Draft Constitution for the Ukrainian Society in the Free Union -- 18. Ukrainianism versus Russianism (excerpts) -- 19. Letters from Dnieper Ukraine (excerpt) -- 20. Beyond the Limits of the Possible (abridgment) -- 21. An Independent Ukraine (excerpt) -- 22. On the Issue of a Distinctive Ukrainian Culture (excerpt) -- 23. A Free Ukraine -- 24. Speech on National Minorities (excerpt) -- 25. The Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada -- 26. The Rebirth of a Nation (excerpt) -- 27. Letters to My Brother Farmers (excerpts) -- 28. Nationalism (excerpt) -- 29. Pamphlets (excerpts) -- 30. Speeches (excerpts) -- 31. Ukrainian Reality and the Task of Women (excerpt) -- 32. Dontsov's Nationalism (excerpts) -- 33. The Manifesto of the OUN -- 34. Declaration of the Ukrainian National Council -- 35. Our Teachings about the National State -- 36. Theses on the Three-Hundredth Anniversary of the Reunion of Ukraine with Russia (excerpt) -- 37. Little-Russianism -- 38. Internationalism or Russification? (excerpt) -- 39. Program of the Popular Movement for the Restructuring of Ukraine (excerpts) -- 40. Constitution of Ukraine: Draft (excerpts) -- 41. The Manifesto of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia -- 42. Ukraine without Ukrainians? -- Dates in Ukrainian History -- Sources and Permissions -- Index of Names and Places