Russia between East and West : scholarly debates on Eurasianism / edited by Dmitry Shlapentokh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shlapentokh, Dmitry.

Series:

International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 102.

International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eurasian school.

Russia (Federation)--Civilization.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout most of Russian history, two views of who the Russians are have dominated the minds of Russian intellectuals. Westerners assumed that Russia was part of the West, whilst Slavophiles saw Russia as part of a Slavic civilization. At present, it is Eurasianism that has emerged as the paradigm that has made attempts to place Russia in a broad civilizational context and it has recently become the only viable doctrine that is able to provide the very ideological justification for Russia’s existence as a multiethnic state. Eurasians assert that Russia is a civilization in its own right, a unique blend of Slavic and non-Slavic, mostly Turkic, people. While it is one of the important ideological trends in present-day Russia, Eurasianism, with its origins among Russian emigrants in the 1920's, has a long history. Placing Eurasianism in a broad context, this book covers the origins of Eurasianism, dwells on Eurasianism’s major philosophical paradigms, and places Eurasianism in the context of the development of Polish and Turkish thought. The final part deals with the modern modification of Eurasianism. The book is of great relevance to those who are interested in Russian/European and Asian history area studies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / D. Shlapentokh

Introduction: Eurasianism And Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies (Dmitry Shlapentokh) / D. Shlapentokh

Chapter I. The Orient In Russian Thought At The Turn Of The Century (Marlène Laruelle) / D. Shlapentokh

Chapter II. Eurasianism As A Reaction To Pan-Turkism (Stephan Wiederkehr) / D. Shlapentokh

Chapter III. Karsavin And The Eurasian Movement (Françoise Lesourd) / D. Shlapentokh

Chapter IV. Absolutism And Authority In Eurasian Ideology: Karsavin And Alekseev (Ryszard Paradowski) / D. Shlapentokh

Chapter V. From Rejection To Attempts At Reconciliation: Poles And The Interwar Eurasian Movement (Roman Bäcker) / D. Shlapentokh

Chapter VI. Anti-Semitism In Eurasian Historiography: The Case Of Lev Gumilev (Vadim Rossman) / D. Shlapentokh

Conclusion (Dmitry Shlapentokh) / D. Shlapentokh

Index / D. Shlapentokh.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-91711-7

9786611917111

90-474-1900-6

OCLC:

304239012