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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809106503321

Autore

Mijnssen Ivo

Titolo

The quest for an ideal youth in Putin's Russia . I Back to our future! : history, modernity, and patriotism according to Nashi, 2005-2013 / / Ivo Mijnssen ; with a foreword by Jeronim Perović

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : ibidem-Verlag, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-8382-6578-5

Edizione

[Second, revised and expanded edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

301.43150947

Soggetti

Youth - Political activity - Russia (Federation)

Youth movements - Russia (Federation) - History

Anti-fascist movements - Russia (Federation)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Foreword; I Introduction; II Background and Context; Focal Points and Sources; The Soviet Collapse as Dislocation; Dislocation in Youth Politics; A New Order; Securitization in Contemporary Russia; Cultural Memory, Commemoration and Hegemony; The 60th Anniversary of Victory; Soviet and Russian Political Identities; III Russia's Youth, the Orange Revolution, and Nashi; Orange Revolution; The Orange Revolution and Russia; Taking Back the Streets; Our Victory; Patriotic Education; The Manifesto; Foreign Enemies; Domestic Enemies; Unusual Fascists

Nashi after the Orange RevolutionIV Remember! Nashi and the Bronze Soldier; History, National Identity and Ethnic Tension; The Bronze Soldier; Nashi and the First Protests; Bronze Nights; Events at the Estonian Embassy; The International Dimension; Aftermath; Victory Day 2007 and Beyond; V Seliger: The Foundry of Modernization; Seliger: The Early Years; Participant Observation at Seliger; International Youth Forum Seliger 2010; Difficult Beginnings; The Songs of Seliger; Leisure and Discipline; Lectures; Sharing Sessions; The World Outside; A Happy Ending?; VI Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist



Youth Movement ?Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization.