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Book SynopsisDocuments Russian efforts to appropriate Western solutions to the problem of economic backwardness since the time of Catherine the Great. This book describes Russian Westernization - which emphasized German as well as Anglo-US economics. It raises questions about core values of Western culture and how cultural values and priorities are determined.
Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction3Ch. 1The True West: England, France, and Germany9Ch. 2In the Light and Shadow of the West: Progress in the Age of Enlightenment34Ch. 3The Lessons of Western Economics: Support or Challenge to the Status Quo?61Ch. 4Universalism and Its Discontents: The Laws of History, Economics, and Human Progress93Ch. 5Intersections of Western and Russian Culture: Russian Historical Economics112Ch. 6Capturing the "Essence" of Marx: The Emergence of Orthodox Marxism132Ch. 7In Search of the True West: England, Denmark, and Germany147Ch. 8The Demise of Economic Pluralism: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Model for Progress and Development166Ch. 9Cultures of Modernization on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century: Notes toward a Conclusion181Notes199Selected Bibliography257Index289
