New Wine in an Old Wineskin: Slavophilia and Geopolitical Populism in Putin’s Russia
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The chapter argues that discourses of Slavic solidarity in Putin’s Russia have been experiencing a certain renaissance in the context of the crystallisation of the regime’s ideology. This ideology is based on conservative communitarianism, which among other things implies that the world consists of a number of autonomous ‘civilisations’. The Slavs, in this view, represent one of these civilisations, characterised by a unique set of values, incommensurable with ‘Western’ values. This chapter demonstrates that contemporary iterations of Slavophilia constitute a non-classical, identity-based ideology that portrays the Slavs as eternal victims of external aggression. Securitisation of the Slavic identity serves as a useful device for legitimising Russia’s special role in the Balkans.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Origins, Manifestations and Functions |
Redaktører | Mikhail Suslov, Marek Čejka, Vladimir Ðorđević |
Forlag | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publikationsdato | 2023 |
Sider | 77-100 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 9783031178740, 9783031178771 |
ISBN (Elektronisk) | 9783031178757 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2023 |
ID: 367913030