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The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture : Between sacralization and mimesis. / Kalinin, Ilya.

In: Sign Systems Studies, Vol. 45, No. 3-4, 01.01.2017, p. 284-301.

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Kalinin, I 2017, 'The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture: Between sacralization and mimesis', Sign Systems Studies, vol. 45, no. 3-4, pp. 284-301. https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2017.45.3-4.05

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Kalinin, I. (2017). The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture: Between sacralization and mimesis. Sign Systems Studies, 45(3-4), 284-301. https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2017.45.3-4.05

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Kalinin I. The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture: Between sacralization and mimesis. Sign Systems Studies. 2017 Jan 1;45(3-4):284-301. https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2017.45.3-4.05

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Kalinin, Ilya. / The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture : Between sacralization and mimesis. In: Sign Systems Studies. 2017 ; Vol. 45, No. 3-4. pp. 284-301.

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abstract = "Proceeding from materials relating to the “Time of Troubles”, this article examines the phenomenon of imposture (samozvanchestvo) as one of the symbols of Russian political history from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. The duration of the “impostor epidemic” coincides exactly with that of serfdom, and imposture itself can be described as a social reaction to a form of authority founded on total personal dependence. The article aims to develop further Boris Uspenskij{\textquoteright}s argument that reveals in sacralization of the Tsar{\textquoteright}s power in medieval Russia the main reason of imposture. Ren{\'e} Girard{\textquoteright}s conception of mimetic desire serves as the theoretical perspective for such a development.",
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