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CAMERALISM OF BOOKS: JUSTI’S TRANSLATIONS IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA

TERRA ECONOMICUS, , Vol. 17 (no. 4),

Cameralism as a doctrine and practice corresponds to the era of mercantilism – the 16th–18th centuries – the period when economic thought ceased to be medieval but has not yet become political economy. Recently, this direction in economic thought, the corps of texts about the art and science of management and economics, have become more actively revised and updated. The subject of the article is the translation into Russian in the second half of the 18th century of the books of the most famous cameralist of this period – Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (1717–1771). Revealed translations of Justi on cameral and police sciences, on industry development form a vast array of texts of more than three thousand pages. Justy is the most translated Russian economist of the 18th century, and it was also possible to show that not French, but Russian translations turned out to be the hugest for Justi himself. In addition to comparing the texts with the originals, identifying the terminological strategy of the translators and paying close attention to any abbreviations, additions and introductions, special attention was paid to finding information about the translators themselves, about the circumstances associated with the organization and payment of the translation. Books were prepared at two major academic centers – Moscow University and St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Their translation was distinguished, with rare exceptions, by its completeness and literalism. Basically, they lacked scientific elaboration, i.e. they were only translations without controversy, informative forewords and additions. Large circulations and a luxurious type of publication indicated that they were oriented towards the general public and carried out the symbolic function of “enlightenment”. The term Policei shows the strategy of translators who rightly tried to give the “police” a broader meaning and translated as good order, good organization and good morals, which made the translation text even more normative.
Citation: Raskov, D. E. (2019). Cameralism of books: Justi’s translations in the eighteenth-century Russia. Terra Economicus, 17(4), 62–79. DOI: 10.23683/2073-66062019-17-4-62-79


Keywords: Cameralism; Justi; translations; 18th century; Russia; police

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Publisher: Southern Federal University
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606