Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on transliteration, translations, and dates
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Public order and its malcontents
- Part II Disease of the century
- Part III Political theology and moral epidemics
- Epilogue
- Selected bibliography
- Index
Part I - Public order and its malcontents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on transliteration, translations, and dates
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Public order and its malcontents
- Part II Disease of the century
- Part III Political theology and moral epidemics
- Epilogue
- Selected bibliography
- Index
Summary
Those who kill themselves, bestially and swinishly, [are] demonic; but those who suffer lawfully, valiantly and gloriously, are pleasing to God.
Evfrosin, Untitled [Treatise against Suicidal Death], 1691Following his instructions, his remaining moneys were distributed to beggars, and the priests got nothing. Consequently, the beggars tearfully accompanied his dust to its place of interment, and the priests cursed his name.
Mikhail Sushkov, The Russian Werther, 1801Forgive me that I write this to your Excellency without the proper courtesy: the dead do not know respect for rank.
From the suicide note of Fedor Moskal'tsov, 1856- Type
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- Suicide and the Body Politic in Imperial Russia , pp. 17 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007