In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia
Marlène Laruelle - In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia
Published: 2009-10-27 | ISBN: 023061860X | PDF | 264 pages | 3 MB
This book deconstructs the equation of nationalism with the extreme right in Russia. Nationalism now extends throughout all of the country and can not be seen as a phenomenon confined to the margins of society. This study rejects the interpretation that understands Kremlin-backed patriotism as simply part of a fascist trend in Russia and as a rapprochement between the political authorities and the extreme right. A simplistic analysis of such a paradoxical phenomenon addresses neither the basic issue of social consensus nor that of the inherent relationship between national identity and citizenship.