Russia between East and West : scholarly debates on Eurasianism

Author(s)

• Shlapentokh, Dmitry

Bibliographic Information

Russia between East and West : scholarly debates on Eurasianism

edited by Dmitry Shlapentokh

（International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 102）

Brill, 2007

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Throughout most of Russian history, two views of who the Russians are have dominated the minds of Russian intellectuals. Westerners assumed that Russia was part of the West, whilst Slavophiles saw Russia as part of a Slavic civilization. At present, it is Eurasianism that has emerged as the paradigm that has made attempts to place Russia in a broad civilizational context and it has recently become the only viable doctrine that is able to provide the very ideological justification for Russia's existence as a multiethnic state. Eurasians assert that Russia is a civilization in its own right, a unique blend of Slavic and non-Slavic, mostly Turkic, people. While it is one of the important ideological trends in present-day Russia, Eurasianism, with its origins among Russian emigrants in the 1920s, has a long history. Placing Eurasianism in a broad context, this book covers the origins of Eurasianism, dwells on Eurasianism's major philosophical paradigms, and places Eurasianism in the context of the development of Polish and Turkish thought. The final part deals with the modern modification of Eurasianism. The book is of great relevance to those who are interested in Russian/European and Asian history area studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Eurasianism and Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies Dmitry Shlapentokh Bibliography Chapter I: The Orient in Russian Thought at the Turn of the Century Marlene Laruelle The Genesis of Eurasianism The Turn of the Century, or the Crystallization of Discourse on the Orient Orientalist Mysticism and Theosophy in Russia Vladimir Soloviev and the Idea of Totality (Vseedinstvo) The Inheritance of Pan-Slavism: "Civilizationism" and Its Assumptions The Idea of a Third Continent: The Geographical Mission of Russia in the Orient The Orientals Movement (Vostochniki) The Mongolian Wave: The Orient and Eschatology Eschatology Reviewed by the Revolutionary Prism A New Orient to Which Revolutionary Russia Belongs The Ambiguity of the Pre-revolutionary Russian Appeal to the Orient The Genesis of Eurasianism before the Revolution The Eurasianists' Orientalism and Its Limits Conclusion Bibliography Chapter II: Eurasianism as a Reaction to Pan-Turkism 39 Stephan Wiederkehr Pan-Turkism Threatening the Russian Empire? Pan-Turkism and Modernization of Russia's Muslim Turks: The Emergence of Pan-Turkism in Russia Pan-Turkism in the Ottoman Empire World War I, the Russian Revolutions, and Afterward Contemporary Perceptions of Pan-Turkism in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century Eurasian Nation-Building against the Challenge of Pan-Turkism: The Eurasian Perception of Pan-Turkism "True" and "False" Nationalism The Eurasian Point of View Conclusion Bibliography Chapter III: Karsavin and the Eurasian Movement Franoise Lesourd Eurasian C onnections Separation from the Eurasian Movement Soviet Experience Russian Culture and Religion Theory of Culture Revolution The New Russian State Conclusion Bibliography Chapter IV: Absolutism and Authority in Eurasian Ideology: Karsavin and Alekseev Ryszard Paradowski Karsavin's Philosophy Theory of the State Alekseev and the Eurasians Bibliography Chapter V: From Rejection to Attempts at Reconciliation: Poles and the Interwar Eurasian Movement Roman Barker Interwar Russian Emigration and Polish Public Opinion Interest in Eurasianism in Poland Kazimierz Czapifiski Manan Zdziechowski Manan Uzdowski Petr Savitskii and Przeglad Wspolczesny Polish Secret Service: Naive Illusions and Brutal Assessments Poles and Eurasians, Interests and Stereotypes Bibliography Chapter VI: Anti-Semitism in Eurasian Historiography: The Case of Lev Gumilev Vadim Rossman The Jews in Ethnic History Judeo-Khazaria: "A Disaster for the Aboriginals of Eastem Europe" Judaism in Relation to Christianity and Islam Judeo-Khazaria and Russia The Jews and the Nomads: The Khazar Origins of the Eastern European Jews Discussion of Gumilev's Theory by Russian Nationalists Neo-Eurasianism: Leviathan, Behemoth, and the Jews The "Jewish Question" in Classical Eurasianism The Jews in Neo-Eurasianism Anacus and Hostis: Fax Euroasiatica and Its Mystical Antipode Eurasianism versus Atlanticism Tradition and Counter-Tradition The Jews and the Crisis of the Modern World The "Enlightened" Science of Conspirology Nuremberg versus Auschwitz The Muslim World, Israel, and the Conservative Revolution Bibliography Conclusion Diniky Shlapentokh Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA80672331
• ISBN:
  • 9789004154155
• LCCN: 2006049207
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 198 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DK32.7
  • DC22 : 303.48/24705
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Russia (Federation) -- Civilization
  • LCSH : Eurasian school
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00227484