The new Russian nationalism : imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2000-15 /

Assessing the transformation of Russian nationalist discourse in the 21st century Russian nationalism, previously dominated by 'imperial' tendencies - pride in a large, strong and multi-ethnic state able to project its influence abroad - is increasingly focused on ethnic issues. This new e...

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Group Author: Kolstø, Pål; Blakkisrud, Helge
Published: Edinburgh University Press,
Publisher Address: Edinburgh :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Assessing the transformation of Russian nationalist discourse in the 21st century Russian nationalism, previously dominated by 'imperial' tendencies - pride in a large, strong and multi-ethnic state able to project its influence abroad - is increasingly focused on ethnic issues. This new ethno-nationalism has come in various guises, like racism and xenophobia, but also in a new intellectual movement of 'national democracy' deliberately seeking to emulate conservative West European nationalism. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the subsequent violent conflict in Eastern Ukraine utterl
Carrier Form: xix, 424 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-406) and index.
ISBN: 9781474410427 (hardback) :
1474410421 (hardback)
Index Number: DK510
CLC: D751.29
D751.22
Call Number: D751.22/N532-2
Contents: The ethnification of Russian nationalism -- The imperial syndrome and its influence on Russian nationalism -- Radical nationalists from the start of Medvedev's presidency to the war in Donbas: True till death? -- Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today -- Everyday nationalism in Russia in European context: Moscow residents' perceptions of ethnic minority migrants and migration -- Backing the USSR 2.0: Russia's ethnic minorities and expansionist ethnic Russian nationalism -- Rallying 'round the leader more than the flag: Changes in Russian nationalist public opinion 2013-14 -- How natio