The end of the Soviet system and the transition to the market in Russia, coupled with the inexorable rise of nationalism, has brought to the fore the centuries-old debate about Russia's relationship with Europe. In Russia and the Idea of Europe Iver Neumann discusses whether the tensions between self-referencing romantic nationalist views and Europe-orientated liberal views can ever be resolved.Drawing on a wide range of Russian sources, Neumann outlines the argument as it has unfolded over the last two hundred years, showing how Russia is caught between the attraction of an economically, politically and socially more developed Europe, and the attraction of being able to play a European -style inperial role in less-developed Asia.Neumann argues that the process of delineating a European "other" from the Russian self is an active form of Russian identity formation. The Russian debate about Europe is also a debate about what Rusia is and should be.
Author(s): Iver Neumann
Edition: 1
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 272
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Series editor's preface......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Note on the text......Page 19
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND THE DECEMBRIST UPRISING......Page 32
OFFICIAL NATIONALITY, 'SLAVOPHILES', 'WESTERNISERS'......Page 47
FROM THE SPRINGTIME OF NATIONS TO THE ASSASSINATION OF TSAR ALEXANDER II......Page 59
FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF TSAR ALEXANDER II TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR......Page 80
FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TODE-STALINISATION......Page 114
FROM DE-STALINISATION TO PERESTROYKA......Page 150
PERESTROYKA AND AFTER......Page 177
CONCLUSION......Page 213
Notes......Page 230
Bibliography......Page 242
Index......Page 262
