Les usages pratiques du patriotisme en Russie
Programme international de coopération scientifi que (PICS-CNRS) hébergé au Centre d'étude du monde russe, caucasien et centre-européen (CERCEC) pour la période 2008-2010. L'équipe française du projet est composée de Alexis Berelowitch, Françoise Daucé, Myriam Désert, Caroline Dufy, Marlène Laruelle, Anne Le Huérou et Kathy Rousselet. L'équipe russe était composée de Svetlana Barsoukova, Oksana Karpenko et Elena FilippovaArticle en ligne à l'adresse : http://www.ceri-sciencespo.com/publica/question/qdr32.pdf ; Since the second half of the 1990s, the theme of national revival crystallized in Russia, notably in the form of a promotion of patriotism. The apparent convergence between an offer "from above" and a demand "from below" supports the idea that there exists a kind of patriotic consensus in Russia. This new tense and autarchic fusion between state and society summons old stereotypes about Russo- Soviet culture. This issue of Questions of Research seeks to go back over these stereotypes in order to show the diversity of "patriotic" practices in Russia today (which widely surpass the "militarist" variant generally evoked) and the connected social uses that are made of it. Following an overview of the existi ng literature on Russian nationalism and patriotism, as well as a presentation of the patriotic education curricula being implemented by the Russian state, our study on "patriotic" practices continues through several points of observation (patriotic summer clubs and camps for children and adolescents in Saint- Petersburg, Moscow and Omsk; ethno-cultural organizations; Orthodox religious organizations; and the discursive practices of economic actors). The examination of these different terrains reveals the diversity of everyday "patriotic" activities; and illustrates their utilizati on to multiple ends (pragmatic concern for one's professional career, search for a personal source of inspiration, opportunities for enrichment, pleasure of undertaking activities with one's friend and relations.). In the end, ...