PEOPLE's PERCEPTIONS OF POWER IN ANCIENT RUSSIA IN THE REFLECTION OF BYLINY

• Autor: Kozlovsky, S.V.
• É parte de: Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series History and Philology, 2022-02, Vol.32 (1), p.77-82
• Descrição: Power is usually interpreted as the ability to impose one's will on others unconditionally, even against their resistance. This interpretation, which goes back to M. Weber, has a timeless character and allows us to assess the role of power in social practice in any territory. However, the perceptions of power preserved in byliny show that the relations connected with it have many nuances connected with the rights, powers and competence of an individual in the hierarchical structure of Old Russian society. The peculiarity of byliny as a source is that they do not duplicate the chronicle information, but significantly supplement them, which allows a new look at some elements of social practice. This article examines the bylinic perception of governance and subordination as the basis of power relations, as well as related problems: status distribution, functions and powers, ritual conditionality of granting a place in society, the influence of these perceptions on the formation of social myths.
  
• Idioma: Russo