1st Edition

Russian Nationalism Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields

By Marlene Laruelle Copyright 2019
256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book, by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, explores the complex nature of Russian nationalism. It examines nationalism as a multilayered and multifaceted repertoire displayed by a myriad of actors. It considers nationalism as various concepts and ideas emphasizing Russia’s distinctive national character, based on the country’s geography, history, Orthodoxy, and Soviet... Read more

Introduction

Part I: Nationalism as Imperial Imaginary: Cosmos, Geography, and Ancient Past

Chapter 1. Cosmism: Russian Messianism at a Time of Technological Modernity

Chapter 2. Larger, Higher, Farther North… Russia’s Geographical Metanarratives

Chapter 3. Alternate History and New Chronology: Rewriting Russia’s Past

Part II: Nationalism as Doctrine: Experimenting new Repertoires

Chapter 4. Beyond Slavophilism: The Rise of Aryanism and Neo-Paganism

Chapter 5. A Textbook Case of Doctrinal Entrepreneurship: Aleksandr Dugin

Chapter 6. Pamiat 2.0? The Izborskii Club, or the New Conservative Avant-Garde

Part III: Nationalism as Political Battlefield: In the Streets, for or against the Kremlin

Chapter 7. Black Shirts and White Power: The Changing Faces of the Far Right

Chapter 8. Aleksei Navalny and the Natsdem: A pro-Western Nationalism?

Chapter 9. The Three Colors of Novorossiya, or the Mythmaking of the Ukrainian War

Biography

Marlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University, Washington DC.