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Russia as civilization: ideological discourses in politics, media and academia

In: Studies in contemporary Russia

Mjør, Kåre Johan; Turoma, Sanna

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"Analyzing the use of civilization in Russian-language political and media discourses, intellectual and academic production, and artistic practices, this book discusses the rise of civilizational rhetoric in Russia and global politics. Why does the concept of civilization plays such a prevalent role in current Russian geopolitical and creative imaginations? The contributors answer this question by exploring the extent to which discourse on civilization penetrates Russian identity formations in imperial and national configurations, and at state and civil levels of society. Although the chapters offer different interpretations and approaches, the book shows that Russian civilizationism is a form of ideological production responding to the challenges of globalization. The concept of "civilization," while increasingly popular as a conceptual tool in identity formation, is also widely contested in Russia today"--

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Russia as civilization: ideological discourses in politics, media and academia

In: Studies in contemporary Russia

Mjør, Kåre Johan; Turoma, Sanna

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- 5.1 Dmitrii Rogozin, "We Have Different Values and Allies," 2014 -- 5.2 "Our Response to American Sanctions" (T-Shirt) -- 5.3 Souvenir Mug -- 5.4 "We Love Russia" (T-Shirt) -- 5.5 #Draftourdaughters #Standwithher (Meme) -- 5.6 Putin-Trump Kiss, Street Mural, Vilnius -- 6.1 The Russian Pavilion at The Fifteenth Venice Architecture Biennale, 2016 -- 6.2 Aleksei Gintovt, Surfacing, 2005 -- 6.3 Aleksei Gintovt, Apollo 1, 2017 -- 6.4 Doping-Pong, Girl Pioneer Pulling Out A Splinter, 2018 -- 6.5 Natalia Zhernovskaya, Parade, 2006 -- Tables -- 7.1 Russian Doctoral Dissertations -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction: Russian Civilizationism in A Global Perspective -- 1 "Nation" and "Civilization" as Templates for Russian Identity Construction: A Historical Overview -- 2 From Socio-Economic Formations to Civilizations: Seeking A Paradigm Change in Late Soviet Discussions -- 3 Russia Between A Civilization and A Civic Nation: Secular and Religious Uses of Civilizational Discourse During Putin's Third Term -- 4 "Civilization" in the Russian-Mediatized Public Sphere: Imperial and Regional Discourses -- 5 "Clash of Masculinities"? Gendering Russian-Western Relations in Popular Geopolitics -- 6 Re-Imagining Antiquity: The Conservative Discourse of "Russia as the True Europe" and the Kremlin's New Cultural Policy -- 7 Civilizational Discourses in Doctoral Dissertations in Post-Soviet Russia -- 8 An Eternal Russia: Oleg Platonov, the Institute for Russian Civilization and the Nationalization of Russian Thought -- 9 Contemporary Civilizational Analysis and Russian Sociology -- Index.

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