| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 275 pages). |
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Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe |
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Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Political neomedievalism, the memory of the perpetrators, and mobmemory -- Putin's neomedieval politics of history -- Post-Soviet historians and religious activists on the medieval oprichnina -- The Post-Soviet far right on establishing the new oprichnina -- The oprichnina and serfdom in popular culture and public debates -- Re-Stalinization in Putin's Russia -- Working through the past Russian-Style : mobmemory in Vladimir Sharov's prose -- The politics of reversed time : apocalypse as practice. |
| Summary |
"This first in-depth comparison of Putin's neomedieval memory politics and re-Stalinization proposes new approaches to the study of the right-wing populist memory in Russia and beyond. Two decades before the war against Ukraine, a "special operation" was launched against the Russians' historical memory, to aggressively reshape the nation's understanding of its history and identity. The Kremlin's propaganda of World War II for the militarization of Russia is well documented, but the role of political neomedievalism - the glorification of Russian medieval society and its warlords - in rallying Russians to support Putinism had yet to be explored. The celebration of Ivan the Terrible, the sixteenth-century tsar, and the originator of large-scale state terror has become fused with the rehabilitation of Stalinism in the quest to reconstruct an empire. The post-Soviet case suggests that the worldwide obsession with "everything medieval" is not a purely aesthetic movement but may readily be weaponized against democracy. The book is intended for students, scholars, and non-specialists interested in understanding Russia's anti-modern politics and the ease with which post-Soviet society has accepted the terror that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Dina Khapaeva is Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Among her latest books are Crimes sans chtĚiment (2023) and The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture (2017). Until 2009, she was Director for Research at Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and a professor at St. Petersburg State University, Russia. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2023). |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence.
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
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Medievalism -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 21st century.
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
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HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Politics and government
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Russia (Federation)
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1991
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Title |
Political neomedievalism and re-Stalinization in Russia |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Khapaeva, Dina. Putin's dark ages Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781032571461 (DLC) 2023021669 |
| ISBN |
9781003438045 electronic book |
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1003438040 electronic book |
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9781000985146 electronic book |
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1000985148 electronic book |
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1000985164 |
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9781000985160 (electronic bk.) |
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9781032571461 hardcover |
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9781032571485 paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003438045 doi |
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