ENGLISH

The New Third Rome : Readings of a Russian Nationalist Myth

By Jardar Østbø

Book information

Publisher
Ibidem-Verlag
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-8382-0870-1
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
455 kB (466259 bytes)
Series
Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society - Band 151
Pages
270\0
Time added
2016-05-06 19:20:42
BerdiaevDuginFlorovskiiGreat Russian chauvinismhistory of RussiaKholmogorovNarochnitskaiapolitics of RussiaRussian conservative thoughtRussian expansionismRussian far right and ultranationalist thinkers,FiRussian geopoliticsRussian imperialismRussian nationalismTsymburskiiUl’ianov

Description

Drawing on theories of political myth and concepts of nationalism, Jardar ØstbØ analyzes the content and ideological function of the myth of Russia as a Third Rome. Through case studies of four prominent nationalist intellectuals, ØstbØ shows how this messianic myth was used to reinvent Russia and its allegedly rightful place in the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Though it exists in many radically different versions, the Third Rome myth in general embodies particularism and rabid anti-Westernism. At best, it portrays Russia as an essentially isolationist country. At worst, it casts the country as superior to all other nations, divinely elected to rule the world.

Similar books