In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia (The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy)

This Book Deconstructs The Equation Of Nationalism With The Extreme Right In Russia. Nationalism Now Extends Throughout All Of The Country And Can Not Be Seen As A Phenomenon Confined To The Margins Of Society. This Study Rejects The Interpretation That Understands Kremlin-backed Patriotism As Simply Part Of A Fascist Trend In Russia And As A Rapprochement Between The Political Authorities And The Extreme Right. A Simplistic Analysis Of Such A Paradoxical Phenomenon Addresses Neither The Basic Issue Of Social Consensus Nor That Of The Inherent Relationship Between National Identity And Citizenship. Mobilizing Against The Other: From The Extreme Right To Mass Xenophobia -- A Political Environment Shaped By The Nationalist Referent -- The Motherland, A New Social Contract? Marlène Laruelle. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Previous Publications......Page 9 Introduction......Page 10 One: Nationalism: A Means of Taking up the Challenges?......Page 22 A Specific Historical Context: Russia Since 1991......Page 23 Russia's Complex Political Agenda in the 1990s......Page 24 Vladimir Putin and the So-called Revival of the State......Page 27 Managing Contradictory Logics: Charismatic Leader or Party Legitimacy?......Page 32 The Fluctuations of Russian Foreign Policy......Page 38 Xenophobia: A Mass Phenomenon in Russia......Page 44 Assessing Popular Support for Nationalist Radicalism......Page 45 A Sociological Given on the Rise......Page 48 Xenophobia in Political and Social Milieus......Page 52 Economic and Symbolic Issues of Xenophobic Sensibilities......Page 55 Two: Nationalism as Opposition: The Extra-parliamentary Camp......Page 58 The So-called Radical Right: A Multifaceted Reality......Page 59 The First Institutions of Post-Soviet Reconciliation......Page 60 The Distribution of the Ideological Field in the 1990s......Page 61 The Leading Movements of Political Radicalism: The RNU and the NBP......Page 64 Restructuration of Extra-parliamentary Nationalism in the 2000s......Page 67 Seeking Social Mobilization: The Skinhead Phenomenon......Page 69 Birth, Structuration, and Politicization of the Skinhead Movement......Page 70 A Sociological Approach to Skinhead Milieus......Page 72 Radicalization of Violence in the 2000s......Page 74 The Ambiguous Attitude of the Political Authorities......Page 76 An Absence of Judicial Response......Page 77 Anti-immigration: The Long-Awaited Ideological Consensus?......Page 80 The Kremlin's Obsessive Fight Against the National Bolsheviks......Page 81 Formulating a New Strategy: The Movement Against Illegal Immigration......Page 83 Reconciliation Embodied? The Phenomenon of the Russian March......Page 88 Three: Nationalism as Populism: The Protestation Parties......Page 94 The "Constructive Opposition": The CPRF and the LDPR......Page 95 Rebirth, Structure, and Weakening of the Communist Party......Page 96 The Difficult Building of "Neo-Communism"......Page 99 The CPRF's Ideological Matrices: State and Orthodox Symphony......Page 102 The LDPR: Scope and Limits of Populist Protest......Page 105 Vladimir Zhirinovski or Assumed Imperialism?......Page 107 Rodina: The New Face of Right-Thinking Nationalism......Page 111 A Complex Political Journey: Loyalty or Opposition?......Page 112 The Ideological Kaleidoscope of Rodina and Its Multiple Subgroups......Page 116 Rodina's Programmatic Discourse and Parliamentary Activities......Page 121 Four: Nationalism as Conservative Centrism: United Russia......Page 128 1994–1995: Decreasing Political Polarization......Page 129 1996: The First Call for a New National Ideology......Page 131 Alexander Lebed: Man of the "Third Way"?......Page 134 1996–1999: The Rise of the Pioneers of Patriotic Centrism......Page 136 The 1999–2000 Elections and the Building of a Hegemonic Party......Page 140 A Presidential Party on the Search for an Ideology?......Page 143 The Legacy of the CPSU: Controlling all the Levers of the State......Page 145 A Propaganda Tool: The Evropa Publishing House......Page 148 Patriotism Versus Nationalism in Presidential Discourse......Page 151 Vladislav Surkov: Father of the Idea of Sovereign Democracy......Page 154 An Absence of Doctrine in Identity Issues?......Page 157 Five: Nationalism as Social Consensus: The Patriotic Brand......Page 162 Officializing National Pride through Patriotism......Page 163 The Restoration of Tsarist and Soviet Symbols......Page 164 Consensus through Commemoration......Page 166 Promoting Symbolic Capital: Instrumental Orthodoxy......Page 169 The Patriarchate: An Ideologically Divided Institution......Page 170 The Difficult Relations Between the Orthodox Church and the State......Page 175 Nonfunctional Patriotic Alliances Between the Church, the Army, and the School......Page 179 The Army as a Metaphor for the Nation......Page 184 State Programs for Patriotic Education......Page 186 Flagship Institutions of Militarized Patriotism......Page 189 The Publications of the Defense Ministry and the Security Services......Page 191 Cultural Ways of Promoting Militarized Patriotism......Page 194 Mass Focus on the Second World War and the Rehabilitation of Stalin......Page 197 Conclusion......Page 202 Notes......Page 214 Bibliography......Page 242 C......Page 258 I......Page 259 M......Page 260 R......Page 261 X......Page 262 Z......Page 263 This text deconstructs the equation of nationalism with the extreme right in Russia. Nationalism now extends throughout all of the country and can not be seen as a phenomenon confined to the margins of society. This study rejects the interpretation that understands Kremlin-backed patriotism as simply part of a fascist trend in Russia