Russian Exceptionalism between East and West - The Ambiguous Empire (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

This monograph provides a novel long-term approach to the role of Russia's imperial legacies in its interactions with the former Soviet space. It develops 'Hybrid Exceptionalism' as a critical conceptual tool aimed at uncovering the great power's self-positioning between 'East' and 'West', and its hierarchical claims over subalterns situated in both civilizational imaginaries. It explores how, in the Tsarist, Soviet, and contemporary eras, distinct civilizational spaces were created, and maintained, through narratives and practices emanating from Russia's ambiguous relationship with Western modernity, and its part-identification with a subordinated 'Orient'. The Romanov Empire's struggles with 'Russianness', the USSR's Marxism-Leninism, and contemporary Russia's combination of feigned liberal and civilizational discourses are explored as the basis of a series of successive civilising missions, through an interdisciplinary engagement with official discourses, scholarship, and the arts. The book concludes with an exploration of contemporary policy implications for the West, and the former Soviet states themselves.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	June 2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Kevork Oskanian
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	285
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-069715-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	3-03-069715-0
Barcode:	9783030697150

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