Contemporary Russian Conservatism
Problems, Paradoxes, and Perspectives
Published on 17. October 2019
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-90-04-40190-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is the first comprehensive study of the "conservative turn" in Russia under Putin. Its fifteen chapters, written by renowned specialists in the field, provide a focused examination of what Russian conservatism is and how it works. The book features in-depth discussions of the historical dimensions of conservatism, the contemporary international context, the theoretical conceptualization of conservatism, and empirical case studies. Among various issues covered by the volume are the geopolitical and religious dimensions of conservatism and the conservative perspective on Russian history and the politics of memory. The authors show that conservative ideology condenses and reworks a number of discussions about Russia's identity and its place in the world.
Contributors include: Katharina Bluhm, Per-Arne Bodin, Alicja Curanovic, Ekaterina Grishaeva, Caroline Hill, Irina Karlsohn, Marlene Laruelle, Mikhail N. Lukianov, Kare Johan Mjor, Alexander Pavlov, Susanna Rabow-Edling, Andrey Shishkov, Victor Shnirelman, Mikhail Suslov, and
Dmitry Uzlaner
Contributors include: Katharina Bluhm, Per-Arne Bodin, Alicja Curanovic, Ekaterina Grishaeva, Caroline Hill, Irina Karlsohn, Marlene Laruelle, Mikhail N. Lukianov, Kare Johan Mjor, Alexander Pavlov, Susanna Rabow-Edling, Andrey Shishkov, Victor Shnirelman, Mikhail Suslov, and
Dmitry Uzlaner
Reviews / Votes
"a unique and welcome contribution to studies on conservatism [...] a sophisticated and multifaceted manuscript."Elizaveta Gaufman, University of Groningen, in Europe-Asia Studies 73.2, pp. 413-415 (DOI:10.1080/09668136.2021.1880780)
"This book offers an exciting panorama of Russian conservative thought from the late Soviet era to the present. Contemporary Russian Conservatism sheds important light on influential intellectual currents in today's Russia. It should be read by scholars, students, and anyone interested in understanding Russian political, social, and cultural thought."
Jonathan Daly, University of Illinois at Chicago, in The Russian Review, 79.4, pp 681-682
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth over boards
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Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-40190-7 (9789004401907)
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Mikhail Suslov, PhD (2009, European University Institute), is Assistant Professor of Russian History and Politics at the Institute for Trans-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He has published and edited a variety of studies on Russian intellectual history, including "The 'Russian World' Concept: 'Spheres of Influence' in the Post-Soviet Geopolitical Ideology" (in: Geopolitics 23:2 [2018]).
Dmitry Uzlaner, Ph.D. (2009, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University), is a research fellow at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES) and at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). He is editor-in-chief of the journal Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov v Rossii i za rubezhom, published by the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Dmitry Uzlaner, Ph.D. (2009, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University), is a research fellow at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES) and at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). He is editor-in-chief of the journal Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov v Rossii i za rubezhom, published by the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Part 1: Introduction
?1?Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Contemporary Russian Conservatism: Introduction
??Mikhail Suslov and Dmitry Uzlaner
?2?A History of Russian Conservatism, from the 18th Century to the End of the 20th Century
??Mikhail Loukianov, Kare Johan Mjor, Susanna Rabow-Edling, and Mikhail Suslov
Part 2: Conceptualizing Conservatism
?3?Russian Conservatism as an Ideology: The Logic of Isolationism
??Mikhail Suslov
?4?The Logic of Scapegoating in Contemporary Russian Moral Conservatism
??Dmitry Uzlaner
?5?Postmodernity and Modernity as Political Terms in Russia's New Conservatism
??Katharina Bluhm
Part 3: Russian Conservative Tradition in the Post-Soviet and International Context
?6?The Great Expectations of Russian Young Conservatism
??Alexander Pavlov
?7?Mirror Games? Ideological Resonances between Russian and US Radical Conservatism
??Marlene Laruelle
Part 4: The Geopolitical Dimension
?8?Russia's Contemporary Exceptionalism and Geopolitical Conservatism
??Alicja Curanovic
?9?"Making Europe Great Again": Anti-Western Criticism from Orthodox Conservative Actors Online
??Ekaterina Grishaeva
?10?From Expansion to Seclusion and Back Again: Boris Mezhuev's Isolationism and Its Roots in Solzhenitsyn and Tsymbursky
??Irina Karlsohn
Part 5: History and Memory Narratives in Russian Conservatism
?11?"Russia's Thousand-Year History": Claiming a Past in Contemporary Russian Conservative Thought
??Kare Johan Mjor
?12?The Monument to Grand Prince Vladimir in Moscow and the Problem of Conservatism
??Per-Arne Bodin
Part 6: Religion and Traditional Values
?13?Eastern Orthodoxy, Conservatism, and (Neo)Palamite Tradition in Post-Soviet Russia
??Andrey Shishkov
?14?Russian Neoconservatism and Apocalyptic Imperialism
??Victor Shnirelman
?15?Framing "Gay Propaganda": Morality Policy Arguments and the Russian Orthodox Church
??Caroline Hill
Index
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Part 1: Introduction
?1?Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Contemporary Russian Conservatism: Introduction
??Mikhail Suslov and Dmitry Uzlaner
?2?A History of Russian Conservatism, from the 18th Century to the End of the 20th Century
??Mikhail Loukianov, Kare Johan Mjor, Susanna Rabow-Edling, and Mikhail Suslov
Part 2: Conceptualizing Conservatism
?3?Russian Conservatism as an Ideology: The Logic of Isolationism
??Mikhail Suslov
?4?The Logic of Scapegoating in Contemporary Russian Moral Conservatism
??Dmitry Uzlaner
?5?Postmodernity and Modernity as Political Terms in Russia's New Conservatism
??Katharina Bluhm
Part 3: Russian Conservative Tradition in the Post-Soviet and International Context
?6?The Great Expectations of Russian Young Conservatism
??Alexander Pavlov
?7?Mirror Games? Ideological Resonances between Russian and US Radical Conservatism
??Marlene Laruelle
Part 4: The Geopolitical Dimension
?8?Russia's Contemporary Exceptionalism and Geopolitical Conservatism
??Alicja Curanovic
?9?"Making Europe Great Again": Anti-Western Criticism from Orthodox Conservative Actors Online
??Ekaterina Grishaeva
?10?From Expansion to Seclusion and Back Again: Boris Mezhuev's Isolationism and Its Roots in Solzhenitsyn and Tsymbursky
??Irina Karlsohn
Part 5: History and Memory Narratives in Russian Conservatism
?11?"Russia's Thousand-Year History": Claiming a Past in Contemporary Russian Conservative Thought
??Kare Johan Mjor
?12?The Monument to Grand Prince Vladimir in Moscow and the Problem of Conservatism
??Per-Arne Bodin
Part 6: Religion and Traditional Values
?13?Eastern Orthodoxy, Conservatism, and (Neo)Palamite Tradition in Post-Soviet Russia
??Andrey Shishkov
?14?Russian Neoconservatism and Apocalyptic Imperialism
??Victor Shnirelman
?15?Framing "Gay Propaganda": Morality Policy Arguments and the Russian Orthodox Church
??Caroline Hill
Index