Res publicae in the Imperial State: A Discourse on Public Property in Russia

This essay analyzes the emergence of the discourse of "public property" in late imperial Russia & traces how things (the essay focuses on the case of water) came to be seen as "public." While in Western Europe, the political & social transformations after the French Revol...

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Published in:Annales : histoire, sciences sociales (French ed.) sciences sociales (French ed.), 2009-05, Vol.64 (3), p.579-609
Main Author: Pravilova, Ekaterina
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Imperialism
Individual Collective Relationship
Middle Ages
Natural Resources
Property Rights
Public Goods
Russia
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Summary:This essay analyzes the emergence of the discourse of "public property" in late imperial Russia & traces how things (the essay focuses on the case of water) came to be seen as "public." While in Western Europe, the political & social transformations after the French Revolution resulted in the emergence of domaine "public" & its affirmation in the legislation, in monarchial Russia, the doctrine of public property had other, both political & non-political origins: the changing role of the state & the rise of economic etatism; Russian colonialism in Transcaucasia & Central Asia, which forced the invention of new forms of power & ownership, the commoditization of natural resources (water, minerals), & the broadening of the sphere of "public," through the growth of public convernsations about things of common value (nature, national art & architecture); finally, the development of Russian liberal ideology & the reconsideration of the values of individualism that constituted the bulk of liberal thought in Russia. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0395-2649