Russia as Civilization: Ideological Discourses in Politics, Media and Academia

ISBN-13: 9780367493851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 228 str.

Kåre Johan Mjør; Sanna Turoma

Opis

Analyzing the use of civilization in Russian-language political and media discourses, intellectual and academic production, and artistic practices, the book discusses the rise of civilizational rhetoric in Russia and global politics.

Spis treści

Introduction: Russian Civilizationism in a Global Perspective  1 "Nation" and "Civilization" as Templates for Russian Identity Construction: A Historical Overview  2 From Socio-Economic Formations to Civilizations: Seeking a Paradigm Change in Late Soviet Discussions  3 Russia between a Civilization and a Civic Nation: Secular and Religious Uses of Civilizational Discourse during Putin’s Third Term  4 "Civilization" in the Russian Mediatized Public Sphere: Imperial and Regional Discourses  5 "Clash of Masculinities"? Gendering Russian–Western Relations in Popular Geopolitics.  6 Re-Imagining Antiquity: The Conservative Discourse of "Russia as the True Europe" and the Kremlin’s New Cultural Policy  7 Civilizational Discourses in Doctoral Dissertations in Post-Soviet Russia  8 An Eternal Russia: Oleg Platonov, the Institute for Russian Civilization and the Nationalization of Russian Thought  9 Contemporary Civilizational Analysis and Russian Sociology