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Following the crisis in Ukraine, the Putin regime made political
choices that will determine Russia's development for years to come.
This cutting edge Pivot makes a key contribution to the debate on
Russia's development and traces emerging trends in various spheres
of Russian life, from the economy and foreign policy, to society
and ideology.
Thirteen essays by scholars from seven countries discuss the
political use and abuse of history in the recent decades with
particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland,
Estonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia as case studies), but also
includes articles on Germany, Japan and Turkey, which provide a
much needed comparative dimension. The main focus is on new
conditions of political utilization of history in post-communist
context, which is characterized by lack of censorship and political
pluralism. The phenomenon of history politics became extremely
visible in Central and Eastern Europe in the past decade, and
remains central for political agenda in many countries of the
regions. Each essay is a case study contributing to the knowledge
about collective memory and political use of history, offering a
new theoretical twist. The studies look at actors (from political
parties to individual historians), institutions (museums,
Institutes of National remembrance, special political commissions),
methods, political rationale and motivations behind this
phenomenon.
Russia has changed dramatically since the beginning of this decade.
This volume presents a unique collection of articles by Russian
scholars and experts, originally published in Russian in the
journal Kontrapunkt (Counterpoint). The authors include Yulia
Bederova, Andrey Desnitsky, Maria Eismont, Aleksandr Gorbachev,
Tatiana Nefedova, Ella Paneyakh, Sergey Parkhomenko, Nikolay
Petrov, Kirill Rogov, Sergey Sergeev, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya,
Andrey Soldatov, Svetlana Solodovnik, Anna Tolstova, Aleksandr
Verkhovsky, and Natalia Zubarevich. Their essays cover a broad
range of subjects from the Russian political scene and
state-society relations to the politics of culture and the realm of
ideas and symbols. These contributions offer fascinating insights
into Russias multifaceted and complex development after the
annexation of Crimea in 2014.
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