In the Name of the Nation

Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-38117-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Reihe: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy

This book deconstructs the equation of nationalism with the extreme right in Russia. Nationalism now extends throughout all ofthe countryand can not be seen as a phenomenon confined to the margins of society. This study rejects the interpretation that understands Kremlin-backed patriotism as simply part of a fascist trend in Russia and as a rapprochement between the political authorities and the extreme right. A simplistic analysis of such a paradoxical phenomenon addresses neither the basic issue of social consensus nor that of the inherent relationship between national identity and citizenship.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laruelle, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: MOBILIZING AGAINST THE OTHER: FROM THE EXTREME RIGHT TO MASS XENOPHOBIA The Soviet Origins of Russian Nationalism The Evolution of Political Radicalism, 1990-2000 On the Impossibility of a Typological Classification In Quest of Social Mobilization: The Skinhead Phenomenon Anti-Immigration: the Long-Awaited Ideological Consensus Xenophobia: a Mass Phenomenon in Russia PART II: A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT SHAPED BY THE NATIONALIST REFERENT 'Identity Populism': The Communist Party and Liberal-Democratic Party Rodina, the New Face of Uncomplicated Nationalism Patriotic Centrism Under the Auspices of the Kremlin United Russia or Nomenklatura Nationalism PART III: THE MOTHERLAND, A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT? Rediscovering Pride: The Rehabilitation of the Motherland The Army as a Metaphor for the Nation: Patriotic Education Programs Promoting Symbolic Capital: the Orthodox Church Reorganizing the Associative Fabric: the Youth Movements Thinking the Nation in its Complexity: Doctrinal Debates inthe Kremlin

Über Autor(innen)

MARLÈNE LARUELLEis a Research Fellow at the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, UK.