In the Name of the Nation

Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia

• Author(s): M. Laruelle,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 254
• ISBN_10: 0230101232
  ISBN_13: 9780230101234
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , Political Science / World / Russian & Soviet , Political Science / World / European , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / American Government / General ,

Description:... This book deconstructs the equation of nationalism with the extreme right in Russia. Nationalism now extends throughout all ofthe countryand 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.