Naţionalismul rus de astăzi
The Russian Nationalism Today

Summary/Abstract: Khazanov writes that Russia currently lacks a consensus with regard to the concept of nation, and that common identifications are very weak. In these conditions of social and political fragmentation, nationalism has become a very important factor in the country's development. "Contemporary Russian nationalism, one of the most influential ideological and political forces in the country, consists of several trends and varieties. Still, most of them share some remarkably similar characteristics connected with the Manichaean-type of worldview. The only thing that prevents me from stating that Russian nationalism is nowadays turning away from the West is that its mainstream was always anti-Western." Russia today is lacking a concept about nation and there are few common coordinates that Russian people can identify themselves with. In the actual conditions of social and political division, nationalism is playing inevitably an important role in the country’s evolution.

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