50
Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's Books
Cart |
|  my account  |  wish list  |  help   |  800-878-7323
Hello, | Login
MENU
  • Browse
    • New Arrivals
    • Bestsellers
    • Featured Preorders
    • Award Winners
    • Audio Books
    • See All Subjects
  • Used
  • Staff Picks
    • Staff Picks
    • Picks of the Month
    • Bookseller Displays
    • 50 Books for 50 Years
    • 25 Best 21st Century Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    • 25 PNW Books to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Books From the 21st Century
    • 25 Memoirs to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Global Books to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Women to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Books to Read Before You Die
  • Gifts
    • Gift Cards & eGift Cards
    • Powell's Souvenirs
    • Journals and Notebooks
    • socks
    • Games
  • Sell Books
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Find A Store

Don't Miss

  • A Sale By Any Other Name
  • Spring Sale
  • Scientifically Proven Sale
  • Powell's Author Events
  • Oregon Battle of the Books
  • Audio Books

Visit Our Stores


Powell's Staff: New Literature in Translation: March 2023 (0 comment)
Spring may bring spring showers, but it also brings new spring books! We're happy to present to you our favorite new works in translation published this past month. On this list, you’ll find a tidy piece of perfection from an Argentinean master of the short novel; chronicle of wartime Kyiv from 2022...
Read More»
  • Powell's Staff: Powell's 2023 Book Preview: The Second Quarter (0 comment)
  • Jinwoo Chong: Clock In: Jinwoo Chong’s Playlist for 'Flux' (0 comment)

{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

Working the Rough Stone

by Douglas Smith
Working the Rough Stone

  • Comment on this title
  • Synopses & Reviews

ISBN13: 9780875802466
ISBN10: 087580246X



All Product Details

View Larger ImageView Larger Images
Ships free on qualified orders.
Add to Cart
$61.27
New Hardcover
Available at a Remote Warehouse. Ships separately from other items. Additional shipping charges may apply. Not available for In Store Pickup. More Info
Add to Wishlist
QtyStore
20Remote Warehouse

Synopses & Reviews

Review

"Working the Rough Stone, built on a rich documentary base and catholic in scope, is a solid contribution to the study of early modern Russian elite culture."—Slavic and East European Journal

"A welcome contribution.... Fills a major void in the literature."—Slavic Review

"The most complete and accessible account of the structure and development of the Russian masonic movement in the English language."—Slavonic and East European Review

Synopsis

Using a wealth of archival sources previously unavailable to scholars, Smith examines the forces that attracted many social and intellectual leaders of eighteenth-century Russia to Freemasonry as an instrument for change and progress. By "working the rough stone" of their inner thoughts and feelings, such men sought to become champions of moral enlightenment and to create a vision of social action that could bring about change without challenging the social and political precepts on which Russia's stability depended.

By challenging a number of long-held notions about Russian society, Smith broadens our understanding of the complex history of eighteenth-century Russia. Engagingly written and richly illustrated with rare engravings of Masonic life and ritual, this volume will appeal to readers interested in Russia, Europe, the Enlightenment, and the history of Freemasonry.


Description

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-247) and index.

About the Author

Douglas Smith is editor and translator of Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin, which won the 2004 Heldt Prize for Translation. He lives in Seattle.


Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Life in the Lodges

2. The Russian Public; or, Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century

3. Virtue's Refuge, Wisdom's Temple

4. The Image of the Mason

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index


What Our Readers Are Saying

Be the first to share your thoughts on this title!




Product Details

ISBN:
9780875802466
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
05/01/1999
Publisher:
Northern Illinois University Press
Language:
English
Pages:
267
Height:
1.05IN
Width:
6.29IN
Thickness:
1.00
LCCN:
98-32115
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1999
UPC Code:
2800875802468
Author:
Douglas Smith
Subject:
Freemasonry -- Soviet Union -- History -- 18th century.
Subject:
Enlightenment -- Soviet Union.
Subject:
Religion - Denominations - Religions
Subject:
Russia Social conditions To 1801.
Subject:
Russia
Subject:
Enlightenment
Subject:
Russia-General Russian History
Subject:
Russia Intellectual life 18th century.
Subject:
History

Ships free on qualified orders.
Add to Cart
$61.27
New Hardcover
Available at a Remote Warehouse. Ships separately from other items. Additional shipping charges may apply. Not available for In Store Pickup. More Info
Add to Wishlist
QtyStore
20Remote Warehouse
Used Book Alert for book Receive an email when this ISBN is available used.
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram

  • Help
  • Guarantee
  • My Account
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Security
  • Wish List
  • Partners
  • Contact Us
  • Shipping
  • Transparency ACT MRF
  • Sitemap
  • © 2023 POWELLS.COM Terms

{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##