In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia

by Marlène Laruelle

Book Overview

This book deconstructs the equation of nationalism with the extreme right in Russia. Nationalism now extends throughout all ofthe countryand can not be seen as a phenomenon confined to the margins of society. This study rejects the interpretation that understands Kremlin-backed patriotism as simply part of a fascist trend in Russia and as a rapprochement between the political authorities and the extreme right. A simplistic analysis of such a paradoxical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349381179
• ISBN13: 9781349381173
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"