Putinism – Post-Soviet Russian Regime Ideology

ISBN-13: 9781032153889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 328 str.

Mikhail Suslov

Opis

What is Putin’s ideology? is a key question for the contemporary world. This book analyses this ideology, which it terms “Putinism”. 

Recenzje

‘With this book, Mikhail Suslov joins the swollen ranks of Russia-watchers who for nearly two decades have endeavoured to identify and describe that most slippery of subjects, namely Putinism as an ideology.  Suslov however takes a novel approach.  Avoiding an overly exclusive focus on the persona of Putin himself, the author rather directs his attention to a number of more general contemporary perspectives in Russia—conservatism, nationalism, geopolitics, and religion—and shows how a Putinist ideology takes shape through its complex intersections with each of these.  A historian of ideas rather than a political scientist, Suslov brings an unusual skill-set to his analysis, and he offers a series of compelling insights into the contemporary relevance of debates about Russian politics and identity that date back to the nineteenth century.  Putinism: Post-Soviet Russian Regime Ideology is not only a work of impressive erudition and originality: it is precisely what is needed today to help us more fully comprehend the destructive ideological energies that drive Putin’s politics, both within Russia and beyond.’ - Mark Bassin, Research Professor, Södertörn University, Sweden and Research Director, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden 

‘Putinism – Post-Soviet Russian Regime Ideology offers the first comprehensive assessment of Putinism as an ideology. In this long-awaited analysis, Mikhail Suslov proposes a nuanced and in-depth exploration of the different conceptual, historical and institutional layers that constitutive Putinist ideology that brings precious insights to both scholars and policy experts.’ - Marlene Laruelle, Director, Illiberalism Studies Program and Director, Russia Program, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA 

‘Suslov's monograph will become the standard work on the emerging ideology of Putinism. The book is a brilliant exposition of the different strands of political thought that have contributed to contemporary Putinism. Suslov's deep scholarship makes a convincing case that Putinism is a genuine ideology, which might even outlive Putin himself.’ - David Lewis, Professor of Politics, University of Exeter, UK

Spis treści

List of Figures

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

 

Chapter 1. Introduction: Understanding Putinism          

Studying Putinism as an ideology     

What Is Putinism’s Ideological Identity?      

What Is the Meaning of Putinism?    

Is there  popular demand for Putinism?        

 

Chapter 2. Political Thinkers of the Past in the Service of Putinism        

Slavophiles    

Anti-mimetism in the teaching of Slavophiles          

Populism in the ideology of Slavophiles       

Ivan Il’in in Contemporary Russian Regime Ideology         

Il’in in ideological debates today      

Il’in’s worldview and the regime ideology   

Aleksandr Zinov’ev   

Zinov’ev’s social theory        

Anti-Westernism and the “philosophy of war”         

 

Chapter 3. Conservatism: Brief Engagement and Transformation of the Doctrine         

Debates on ideology in post-Soviet Russia   

Conservative ideology in the 1990s  

Merging academic studies of conservatism and politics       

URP and the Regime Ideology in the 2000s 

Turn away from Conservatism: After 2011/12         

 

Chapter 4. Ideological Forms of National Iterations       

Russian nationalism or nationalistic discourses?      

Civilisationism          

Ideology of the Russian World          

Diaspora as a political problem: Dealing with “Compatriots”         

Conceptualisation of diaspora before 2014: The Russian World project

Russian World after 2014      

Pan-Slavism   

 

Chapter 5. Geopolitical ideologies 

Greater Eurasia: Large and Central   

“Large space” thinking and Eurasian projects          

Greater Eurasia: Re-centering Russia

Isolationism in geo-political thinking

Geopolitical justice    

 

Chapter 6. Religious aspects of Putinism  

Ideology of the Russian Orthodox Church    

The theory of “basic values” 

Justice and Orthodoxy           

Geopolitical dimension of the “basic values”

Historical unity and the ROC

Russia – My History exhibition        

Messianism    

Low-cost messianism in Putin’s Russia        

Discussions on messianism: 1990s – mid-2000s      

Messianism: Expansionist to isolationist      

Mainstream messianic  politics: mid-2000s to the present   

 

Conclusion

 

Index

O autorze

Mikhail Suslov is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark