Russia and the Idea of Europe: A Study in Identity and International Relations (New International Relations)

Annotation The end of the Soviet system and the transition to the market in Russia, coupled with the inexorable rise of nationalism, has brought to the fore the centuries-old debate about Russia's relationship with Europe. In Russia and the Idea of Europe Iver Neumann discusses whether the tensions between self-referencing romantic nationalist views and Europe-orientated liberal views can ever be resolved. Drawing on a wide range of Russian sources, Neumann outlines the argument as it has unfolded over the last two hundred years, showing how Russia is caught between the attraction of an economically, politically and socially more developed Europe, and the attraction of being able to play a European -style inperial role in less-developed Asia. Neumann argues that the process of delineating a European "other" from the Russian self is an active form of Russian identity formation. The Russian debate about Europe is also a debate about what Rusia is and should be Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Series editor's preface......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 18 Note on the text......Page 19 INTRODUCTION......Page 20 THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND THE DECEMBRIST UPRISING......Page 32 OFFICIAL NATIONALITY, 'SLAVOPHILES', 'WESTERNISERS'......Page 47 FROM THE SPRINGTIME OF NATIONS TO THE ASSASSINATION OF TSAR ALEXANDER II......Page 59 FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF TSAR ALEXANDER II TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR......Page 80 FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TODE-STALINISATION......Page 114 FROM DE-STALINISATION TO PERESTROYKA......Page 150 PERESTROYKA AND AFTER......Page 177 CONCLUSION......Page 213 Notes......Page 230 Bibliography......Page 242 Index......Page 262 Drawing On A Wide Array Of Russian Sources, Iver Neumann Outlines The Russian Debate About Europea It Unfolded Over The Last 200 Years.