The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin`s Russia I Back to Our Future! History, Modernity, and Patriotism according to Nashi, 2005-2013 Ivo Mijnssen, Jeronim Perovic, Andreas Umland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mijnssen, Ivo, Author.

Contributor:

Perović, Jeronim., Author of introduction, etc.

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

21st century.

authoritarianism.

conformism.

Putin.

youth.

Russia.

stabilization.

Nashi.

policy.

patriotism.

modernity.

history.

Local Subjects:

21st century.

authoritarianism.

conformism.

Putin.

youth.

Russia.

stabilization.

Nashi.

policy.

patriotism.

modernity.

history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2015

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Ivo Mijnssen, M.A., is a doctoral researcher at the Basel Graduate School of History. He currently holds a Gerda Henkel Foundation Scholarship and is working on his dissertation "Life in the Hero City: The Post-War Generation During the Brezhnev Era." He studied at Brown University, the University of Basel, and at Stanford University. He contributed a chapter to the collected volume Identities and Politics during the Putin Presidency (ibidem-Verlag, 2009) and writes for various newspapers and websites about Russia.

Ivo Mijnssen, M.A., is a doctoral researcher at the Basel Graduate School of History. He currently holds a Gerda Henkel Foundation Scholarship and is working on his dissertation "Life in the Hero City: The Post-War Generation During the Brezhnev Era." He studied at Brown University, the University of Basel, and at Stanford University. He contributed a chapter to the collected volume Identities and Politics during the Putin Presidency (ibidem-Verlag, 2009) and writes for various newspapers and websites about Russia.

Summary:

Over more than half a decade, the so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement Nashi dominated state-sponsored youth politics in Russia. It communicated demands from official discourse to a young audience and formed part and parcel of the "Putinist" project of political stabilization. Nashi emphasized the importance of a powerful state, economic strength and Russian unity against domestic and external enemies threatening the country. Moreover, an idealized narrative of the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany of 1941-1945 served as a template for the current situation in Russia. Nashi mobilized young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics and the promise for professional self-realization. Nonetheless, the movement's long-term impact remained limited - above all, because of its own internal contradictions. This volume features three case studies that illustrate the interplay between the politics of history, security and modernization. They cover the foundation of Nashi in 2005, the movement's role during the 2007 conflict with Estonia over the "Bronze Soldier," and the International Youth Forum, organized by the Russian government and Nashi at Lake Seliger in summer 2010. Through the analysis of official publications, internal documents, interviews and participant observation, this book furthers a deeper understanding of state-sponsored youth politics in early 21st century Russia.

"[B]oth volumes succeed admirably in providing insightful portraits of the language, politics, and agenda of Russia's youth movements during the Putin years." The Russian Review (vol. 72, no. 4, Oct. 2013) on (Mijnssen (2012): "The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin´s Russia I" (ISBN 978-3-8382-0368-3) and Lassila (2012): "The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin´s Russia II" (ISBN 978-3-8382-0415-4))

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Foreword; I Introduction; II Background and Context; Focal Points and Sources; The Soviet Collapse as Dislocation; Dislocation in Youth Politics; A New Order; Securitization in Contemporary Russia; Cultural Memory, Commemoration and Hegemony; The 60th Anniversary of Victory; Soviet and Russian Political Identities; III Russia's Youth, the Orange Revolution, and Nashi; Orange Revolution; The Orange Revolution and Russia; Taking Back the Streets; Our Victory; Patriotic Education; The Manifesto; Foreign Enemies; Domestic Enemies; Unusual Fascists

Nashi after the Orange RevolutionIV Remember! Nashi and the Bronze Soldier; History, National Identity and Ethnic Tension; The Bronze Soldier; Nashi and the First Protests; Bronze Nights; Events at the Estonian Embassy; The International Dimension; Aftermath; Victory Day 2007 and Beyond; V Seliger: The Foundry of Modernization; Seliger: The Early Years; Participant Observation at Seliger; International Youth Forum Seliger 2010; Difficult Beginnings; The Songs of Seliger; Leisure and Discipline; Lectures; Sharing Sessions; The World Outside; A Happy Ending?; VI Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783838265780

3838265785

OCLC:

879946157

Publisher Number:

9783838265780