Russia's postcolonial identity : a subaltern empire in a Eurocentric world

01 02 This book applies postcolonial theory to Russia by looking at it as a subaltern empire. It pushes postcolonial studies and constructivist International Relations towards an uneasy dialogue, which produces tensions and reveals multiple blind spots in both approaches. A critical re-evaluation of...

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Main Author: Morozov, Viatcheslav
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2015
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Edition:1
Series:Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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ISBN:1137409290, 9781137409294, 9781137409300, 1137409304, 9781349488599, 1349488593
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Postcolonial and the Imperial in the Space and Time of World Politics 2. Russia in/and Europe: Sources of Ambiguity 3. Material Dependency: Postcolonialism, Development and Russia's 'Backwardness' 4. Normative Dependency: Putinite Paleoconservatism and the Missing Peasant 5 The People are Speechless: Russia, the West and the Voice of the Subaltern 6. Conclusion
  • Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Postcolonial and the Imperial in the Space and Time of World Politics -- 2 Russia in/and Europe: Sources of Ambiguity -- 3 Material Dependency: Postcolonialism, Development and Russia's 'Backwardness' -- 4 Normative Dependency: Putinite Paleoconservatism and the Missing Peasant -- 5 The People Are Speechless: Russia, the West and the Voice of the Subaltern -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index