The Russian Idea And The Discourse Of Vladimir Putin
The Russian Idea And The Discourse Of Vladimir Putin
Author(s): Gavin SladeSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Central European University (CEU) - Center for Policy Studies
Keywords: Russia: The Post-Industrial Society; The Discursive Field; Putin; The Russian Idea as the Solution to the Problem of Ideology
Summary/Abstract: Ideology analysis is important for understanding how weak states stay in tact and strengthen themselves. During the chaos of the 1990s Russia had lost a coherent ideology and unifying discourse of state and society. Vladimir Putin sought to begin his reign as president by recreating one. His Millennium Manifesto is deconstructed here to show a process of remythologizing the Russian state by overcoming the political divisions within society. The historical conception of the Russian idea, based on the concepts of Russian uniqueness (samobytnost’), statehood (gosudarstvennost’), and community (sobornost’) form the basis of Putin’s narrative of the Russian state.
Journal: CEU Political Science Journal
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 44-57
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
