The Sense of Mission in Russian Foreign Policy: Destined for Greatness!
In: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- Introduction -- 1 Messianism as a socio-political phenomenon -- 1 The concept and typology of messianism -- 2 The characteristics of the historical development of the messianic idea -- 3 The sense of mission in the national self-identification process -- 2 Mission in foreign policy -- 1 Identity and foreign policy -- 2 The concept of mission -- 3 Mission: role-identity and ontological security -- 4 Mission: recognition and status ambitions -- 5 Mission in foreign policy: analytical categories -- 3 The sense of mission in Russia's historical process of self-identification -- 1 Russia's mission: genealogy and the comparative perspective -- 2 The characteristics of the mission roles in the Russian intellectual tradition -- 3 Russia's mission compared to other discourse in foreign policy after 1991 -- 4 Characteristics of the mission narrative in Russia's foreign policy (2000-2018) -- 1 Method: how to sniff out mission -- 2 The contemporary mission narrative in Russia's foreign policy: a panoramic view -- 3 Who needs saving? From what? And how? Russia's mission viewed along analytical categories -- 5 The significance of mission narrative in Russia's contemporary policy -- 1 Classification of the functions of the mission roles -- 2 Mission and identity -- 3 Mission and status -- 4 Mission and the legitimacy of the government -- 5 Mission: discourse of the elite or the mentality of society? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.