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Chapter 3 - Freedom, Differently

Liberalism in 1905 and Its Aftermath

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2020

Vanessa Rampton
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
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Chapter 3 presents a contextual analysis of how intellectuals engaged ever more intensely with liberal notions of a constitution, democracy, and a free press (among others), and witnessed the effects of their (flawed) implementation first-hand in the years around 1905. The chapter recasts the party politics and discussions of the period to show how Russia’s most prominent liberals systematically engaged with liberal ideas and practices of Western origin as they constantly redefined their attitudes to the important issues of the time – agrarian reform, civil liberties, political terror, and democratization – as new problems and obstacles arose. It argues that there was no easy solution that was both morally viable and tactically expedient to the Russian liberal dilemma. Primary sources demonstrate both the range of liberal views represented within the Kadet Party, and how moral, political, and legal questions concerning the defence of individual dignity during revolution were not easily resolved, particularly since they were posed during times of social confusion and political upheaval. The chapter attempts to show that Russian thinkers modified their views of liberal ideas such as freedom and progress in the light of circumstances which were changing all the time.

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Liberal Ideas in Tsarist Russia
From Catherine the Great to the Russian Revolution
, pp. 85 - 110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Freedom, Differently
  • Vanessa Rampton, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Liberal Ideas in Tsarist Russia
  • Online publication: 10 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108652353.004
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  • Freedom, Differently
  • Vanessa Rampton, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Liberal Ideas in Tsarist Russia
  • Online publication: 10 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108652353.004
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  • Freedom, Differently
  • Vanessa Rampton, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Liberal Ideas in Tsarist Russia
  • Online publication: 10 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108652353.004
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