Russia's identity in international relations : images, perceptions, misperceptions / edited by Ray Taras.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taras, Ray, 1946-

Series:

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 79.

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity politics--Russia (Federation).

Identity politics.

Russians--Ethnic identity.

Russians.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Foreign public opinion.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Western countries--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Western countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together leading scholars from Russia and outside experts on Russia, this book looks at the difference between the image Russia has of itself and the way it is viewed in the West. It discusses the historical, cultural and political foundations that these images are built upon, and goes on to analyse how contested these images are, and their impact on Russian identity. The book questions whether differing images explain fractiousness in Western-Russian relations in the new century, or whether distinct 'imaginary solitudes' offer a better platform from which to negotiate differences.

Contents:

The power of images and the images of power: past and present identity in Russia's international relations / Ray Taras

Mirror, mirror ...: myth-making, self-images and views of the US "Other" in contemporary Russia / Bo Petersson

Russia in international society over the longue durée: lessons from early Rus' and early post-Soviet state formation / Iver B. Neumann

The "Varangian problem": science in the grip of ideology and politics / Elena Melnikova

Russian and European mutual perceptions: foreign policy stereotypes in historical perspective / Aleksander V. Golubev

Russia and the West in the 2000s: redefining Russian identity in official political discourse / Olga Malinova

Constructing Russophobia / Valentina Feklyunina

Images, metaphors, and power: reinventing the grammar of Russian trans-border regionalism / Andrey S. Makarychev

The embarrassing Russian connection: selective memory of the Russian heritage in contemporary Poland / Tomasz Zaryck.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-28233-5

1-283-64343-X

0-203-11242-3

1-136-28234-3

9780203112427

OCLC:

814694018