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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463982203321

Titolo

Russian nationalism, foreign policy, and identity debates in Putin's Russia : new ideological patterns after the Orange Revolution / / Marlène Laruelle, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem-Verlag, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-8382-6325-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, , 1614-3515 ; ; 108

Disciplina

305.800947

Soggetti

Nationalism - Former Soviet republics

Electronic books.

Former Soviet republics Politics and government

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Is Nationalism Rising in Russian Foreign Policy?The Case of Georgia; 2 History, Memory and National Identity; 3 Negotiating History; 4 Making Sense of Nashi's Political Style The Bronze Soldier and the Counter-Orange Community; 5 Russian Radical Nationalist Interpretation of the French Riots of November 2005

Sommario/riassunto

The contributors to this book discuss the new conjunctions that have emerged between foreign policy events and politicized expressions of Russian nationalism since 2005. The 2008 war with Georgia, as well as conflicts with Ukraine and other East European countries over the memory of the Soviet Union, and the Russian interpretation of the 2005 French riots have all contributed to reinforcing narratives of Russia as a fortress surrounded by aggressive forces, in the West and CIS.This narrative has found support not only in state structures, but also within the larger public. It has