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Messianic Narrations in Contemporary Russian Statecraft and Foreign Policy
- Author(s):
- Ostap Kushnir (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Cultural Studies, Soviet and Russian history and culture
- Subject(s):
- Political science--Philosophy, Eastern Europe, Russia
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- post-communism, Russian expansionism, Russian foreign policy, Russian messianism, Russian political philosophy, Cultural imperialism, Political philosophy, Russia, Russia and East Europe
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/me8g-gh02
- Abstract:
- The article aims to uncover the nature and distinctive features of the contemporary messianic narrations in the Russian public discourse, as well as estimate their impact on the actual policy-making. For this reason, the article scrutinizes the political philosophy of Aleksandr Dugin, Nataliia Narochnitskaia, Egor Kholmogorov, and Vadim Tsymburskii. Their major messages are contrasted and compared to a variety of recent developments in Russia’s domestic and foreign policies. The hypothesis is put forward that the messianic narrations are furtive, though unalienable factors which propel and justify Russian domestic and foreign policies. Therefore, it is always worth considering Russian policy-making through the prism of the nation-wide religious self-identification, as well as acknowledging a number of ‘eschatological duties’ which derive from this self-identification. Finally, the article provides an overview to the Western scholarly perspectives on Russian messianism with a specific emphasis on British and US contributors.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Publisher:
- Metropolitan University Prague
- Pub. Date:
- March 21, 2019
- Journal:
- Central European Journal for International and Security Studies
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range:
- 37 - 60
- ISSN:
- 1802-548X
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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