{"product_id":"russian-eurasianism-9781421405766","title":"Russian Eurasianism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing a wide range of sources, Marlene Laruelle discusses the impact of the ideology of Eurasianism on geopolitics, interior policy, foreign policy, and culturalist philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force not merely because of the depth of the scholarship and the skill of the argument but also because Laruelle unveils a subject crucial to understanding today's Russia but never given proper due... Even the most serious student of contemporary Russia will get from this book a vastly deeper sense of what makes Russian intellectual life, for all of its vexed affinity with the West, fundamentally different. -- Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs A masterful job of describing the various philosophical threads of Eurasianism... The author's lucid style makes the book accessible to the educated general public. Choice This volume certainly engages the reader to explore... Laruell's deft treatment of Eurasianism's shifting position in contemporary discourse makes this a fascinating volume that extends beyond the boundaries of any single academic discipline. -- Kathleen Macfie Eurasian Geography and Economics Laruelle is to be congratulated on her lucid and intellectually disciplined discussion of the ambiguous, intricate, and often contradictory ideas that shape Russian Neo-Eurasiansim... a must-read for intellectual historians, policymakers, cultural scholars, Russia Watchers, or for that matter, anyone who uneasily senses that something is moving in the deep currents beneath the surface of contemporary Russia, but is not sure of what it is. -- Maria Carlson Russian Review Russian Eurasianism is a lucid and rational guide, based on thorough scholarship and an admirable reluctance to sensationalize or to claim too much. -- Edmund Griffiths Times Literary Supplement A richly interdisciplinary and meticulously researched analysis of both the historical and contemporary sources of Eurasianist cultural and philosophical\/ideological traditions and discourse... this book will be an invaluable resource for policymakers and academics providing a deeper understanding of the forces shaping Russia's identity and the unfolding of circumstances for the entire Eurasian region. -- Sharyl N. Cross Journal of Slavic Military Studies Laruelle, an established authority in the field. International Affairs An impressive achievement. The author writes with an erudition and breadth of insight that is unique in the burgeoning field of what we might call 'Eurasianism studies.' -- Mark Bassin Slavic Review Extremely informative and enlightening reading. -- Andreas Umland Europe-Asia Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Eurasianism—Marginal or Mainstream in Contemporary Russia?\u003cbr\u003eThe Historical Roots of the Eurasianist Idea\u003cbr\u003eNeo-Eurasianism and Its Place in Post-Soviet Russia\u003cbr\u003eNeo-Eurasianist Doctrine and Russian Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003eMarginal or Mainstream?\u003cbr\u003ePremises of This Study\u003cbr\u003ePlan of the Book\u003cbr\u003e1. Early Eurasianism, 1920–1930\u003cbr\u003eThe Life and Death of a Current of Thought\u003cbr\u003eA Philosophy of Politics\u003cbr\u003eA Geographic Ideology\u003cbr\u003eAn Ambiguous Orientalism\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e2. Lev Gumilëv: A Theory of Ethnicity?\u003cbr\u003eFrom Dissidence to Public Endorsement: An Atypical Biography\u003cbr\u003e\"The Last Eurasianist\"?\u003cbr\u003eGumilëv's Episteme: Subjecting the Humanities to the Natural Sciences\u003cbr\u003eTheories of the Ethnos or Naturalistic Determinism\u003cbr\u003eThe Complex History of the Eurasian Totality\u003cbr\u003eXenophobia, Mixophobia, and Anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003eGumilëv, Russian Nationalism, and Soviet Ethnology\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e3. Aleksandr Panarin: Philosophy of History and the Revival of Culturalism\u003cbr\u003eIs There a Unified Neo-Eurasianist Theory?\u003cbr\u003eFrom Liberalism to Conservatism: Panarin's Intellectual Biography\u003cbr\u003e\"Civilizationism\" and \"Postmodernism\"\u003cbr\u003eRehabilitating Empire: \"Civilizational\" Pluralism and Ecumenical Theocracy\u003cbr\u003eHighlighting Russia's \"Internal East\"\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e4. Aleksandr Dugin: A Russian Version of the European Radical Right?\u003cbr\u003eDugin's Social Trajectory and Its Significance\u003cbr\u003eA Russian Version of Antiglobalism: Dugin's Geopolitical Theories\u003cbr\u003eTraditionalism as the Foundation of Dugin's Thought\u003cbr\u003eThe Russian Proponent of the New Right?\u003cbr\u003eFascism, Conservative Revolution, and National Bolshevism\u003cbr\u003eA Veiled Anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003eEthno-Differentialism and the Idea of Russian Distinctiveness\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e5. The View from \"Within\": Non-Russian Neo-Eurasianism and Islam\u003cbr\u003eThe Emergence of Muslim Eurasianist Political Parties\u003cbr\u003eThe Eurasianist Games of the Russian Muftiates\u003cbr\u003eTatarstan: The Pragmatic Eurasianism of Russia's \"Ethnic\" Regions\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e6. Neo-Eurasianism in Kazakhstan and Turkey\u003cbr\u003eKazakhstan: Eurasianism in Power\u003cbr\u003eThe Turkish Case: On the Confusion between Turkism, Pan-Turkism, and Eurasianism\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Evolution of the Eurasian(ist) Idea\u003cbr\u003eThe Unity of Eurasianism\u003cbr\u003eOrganicism at the Service of Authoritarianism: \"Revolution\" or \"Conservatism\"?\u003cbr\u003eNationalism: Veiled or Openly Espoused: The Cultural Racism of Eurasianism\u003cbr\u003eScience, Political Movement, or Think Tank?\u003cbr\u003eIs Eurasianism Relevant to Explanations of Contemporary Geopolitical Change?\u003cbr\u003ePsychological Compensation or Part of a Global Phenomenon?\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408107741527,"sku":"9781421405766","price":23.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421405766.jpg?v=1730501611","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/russian-eurasianism-9781421405766","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}