Russian Eurasianism: An Ideology of Empire

by Marlène Laruelle

Book Overview

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia has been marginalized at the edge of a Western-dominated political and economic system. In recent years, however, leading Russian figures, including former president Vladimir Putin, have begun to stress a geopolitics that puts Russia at the center of a number of axes: European-Asian, Christian-Muslim-Buddhist, Mediterranean-Indian, Slavic-Turkic, and so on.

This volume examines the political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421405768
• ISBN13: 9781421405766
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"