HIST 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ataman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Anti-Clericalism
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Introduction: the russian conscience: case whether she gave russia a soul (how enlightened was she), gave it a social conscious. Her enlightened reforms were performances, but still served educational purpose. For first time, especially with explosion (elite) a print culture, journals, news papers and cultural events (plays of. Voltaire) people reconceived their relationship to society: plenty russians that wanted to preserve status quo and even some before. But did think of serfdoms of great evil 1768, early in reign and senators came upon a case of appeal in which a noblemen was murdered, and serf stood by and did nothing. Serfs then charged and sentenced with standing passively by when duty to protect, senators proposed severe punishment to entire village of serfs to deter. Had a time limit and eventually serfs would have to be freed or they were free themselves. Radishchev"s journey: early absolishoners to call to attention plights of serfs alexander.
