Lc Classification Number
Dk510.763.L37613
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
Laruelle is to be congratulated on her lucid and intellectually disciplined discussion of the ambiguous, intricate, and often contradictory ideas that shape Russian Neo-Eurasiansim... a must-read for intellectual historians, policymakers, cultural scholars, Russia Watchers, or for that matter, anyone who uneasily senses that something is moving in the deep currents beneath the surface of contemporary Russia, but is not sure of what it is., A richly interdisciplinary and meticulously researched analysis of both the historical and contemporary sources of Eurasianist cultural and philosophical/ideological traditions and discourse... this book will be an invaluable resource for policymakers and academics providing a deeper understanding of the forces shaping Russia's identity and the unfolding of circumstances for the entire Eurasian region., A tour de force not merely because of the depth of the scholarship and the skill of the argument but also because Laruelle unveils a subject crucial to understanding today's Russia but never given proper due... Even the most serious student of contemporary Russia will get from this book a vastly deeper sense of what makes Russian intellectual life, for all of its vexed affinity with the West, fundamentally different., This volume certainly engages the reader to explore... Laruell's deft treatment of Eurasianism's shifting position in contemporary discourse makes this a fascinating volume that extends beyond the boundaries of any single academic discipline., A masterful job of describing the various philosophical threads of Eurasianism... The author's lucid style makes the book accessible to the educated general public., An impressive achievement. The author writes with an erudition and breadth of insight that is unique in the burgeoning field of what we might call 'Eurasianism studies.', Russian Eurasianism is a lucid and rational guide, based on thorough scholarship and an admirable reluctance to sensationalize or to claim too much.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Eurasianism--Marginal or Mainstream in Contemporary Russia? The Historical Roots of the Eurasianist Idea Neo-Eurasianism and Its Place in Post-Soviet Russia Neo-Eurasianist Doctrine and Russian Foreign Policy Marginal or Mainstream? Premises of This Study Plan of the Book 1. Early Eurasianism, 1920-1930 The Life and Death of a Current of Thought A Philosophy of Politics A Geographic Ideology An Ambiguous Orientalism Conclusions 2. Lev Gumilëv: A Theory of Ethnicity? From Dissidence to Public Endorsement: An Atypical Biography ""The Last Eurasianist""? Gumilëv's Episteme: Subjecting the Humanities to the Natural Sciences Theories of the Ethnos or Naturalistic Determinism The Complex History of the Eurasian Totality Xenophobia, Mixophobia, and Anti-Semitism Gumilëv, Russian Nationalism, and Soviet Ethnology Conclusions 3. Aleksandr Panarin: Philosophy of History and the Revival of Culturalism Is There a Unified Neo-Eurasianist Theory? From Liberalism to Conservatism: Panarin's Intellectual Biography ""Civilizationism"" and ""Postmodernism"" Rehabilitating Empire: ""Civilizational"" Pluralism and Ecumenical Theocracy Highlighting Russia's ""Internal East"" Conclusions 4. Aleksandr Dugin: A Russian Version of the European Radical Right? Dugin's Social Trajectory and Its Significance A Russian Version of Antiglobalism: Dugin's Geopolitical Theories Traditionalism as the Foundation of Dugin's Thought The Russian Proponent of the New Right? Fascism, Conservative Revolution, and National Bolshevism A Veiled Anti-Semitism Ethno-Differentialism and the Idea of Russian Distinctiveness Conclusions 5. The View from ""Within"": Non-Russian Neo-Eurasianism and Islam The Emergence of Muslim Eurasianist Political Parties The Eurasianist Games of the Russian Muftiates Tatarstan: The Pragmatic Eurasianism of Russia's ""Ethnic"" Regions Conclusions 6. Neo-Eurasianism in Kazakhstan and Turkey Kazakhstan: Eurasianism in Power The Turkish Case: On the Confusion between Turkism, Pan-Turkism, and Eurasianism Conclusion: The Evolution of the Eurasian(ist) Idea The Unity of Eurasianism Organicism at the Service of Authoritarianism: ""Revolution"" or ""Conservatism""? Nationalism: Veiled or Openly Espoused: The Cultural Racism of Eurasianism Science, Political Movement, or Think Tank? Is Eurasianism Relevant to Explanations of Contemporary Geopolitical Change? Psychological Compensation or Part of a Global Phenomenon? Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Geopolitics, International Relations / General, Comparative Politics
Lccn
2008-008569
Dewey Decimal
320.54/9095
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
History, Political Science
