Обвинения России в заговорах и вмешательстве в дела западных стран были постоянной чертой западной политики со времен холодной войны - обвинения России во вмешательстве в выборы президента США - лишь последние в длинной череде обвинений в заговоре, которые отмечают историю двадцатого века. Но и в российской политике полно теорий заговора о Западе. Все плохое, что происходит в России, некоторые так или иначе связывают с антироссийским заговором, зародившимся на Западе. Даже распад Советского Союза - этот ключевой поворотный момент мировой политики, оставивший США единственной оставшейся сверхдержавой - был, по мнению некоторых российских теоретиков заговора, спланирован и осуществлен врагами России на Западе. Эта книга - первое исследование российских теорий заговора в постсоветский период. В ней рассматривается, почему эти теории заговора возникли и получили распространение в России, и какую роль в этом процессе сыграли интеллектуалы. Книга показывает, как в новом тысячелетии образ "опасного, заговорщического Запада" обеспечивает национальное единство и помог легитимизировать стремительный поворот России к авторитаризму при Владимире Путине.
If you are not familiar with it, here is a description: Allegations that Russia is involved in plots in Western countries have plagued Western politics ever since the Cold War - allegations that Russia interfered in the upcoming presidential election in the United States are just the latest in a long list of such allegations that define the history of the 20th Century. However, Russian politics also has its fair share of plots about the West. Anything negative that happens in Russia some attribute to a Western plot. Even the disastrous collapse of the USSR - a crucial turning point for world politics, leaving the United States as the sole remaining superpower - according to certain Russian conspiracy advocates, was plotted and executed by the Western enemies of Russia. This volume is the first comprehensive account of Russian conspiracy ideas during the post- Soviet period. It investigates why such theories came about and why they gained currency within Russia and how the role of intellectuals played into this process. It also looks at how, in this new millennium, portraying the "dangerous and conspiring" West as providing a sense of national unity has aided the legitimization of Vladimir Putin's rapid transition to autocracy.
Электронная Книга «Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in Post-Soviet Russia» написана автором Ilya Yablokov в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9781509522675
Описание книги от Ilya Yablokov
Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War – allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election are only the most recent in a long series of conspiracy allegations that mark the history of the twentieth century. But Russian politics is rife with conspiracies about the West too. Everything bad that happens in Russia is traced back by some to an anti-Russian plot that is hatched in the West. Even the collapse of the Soviet Union – this crucial turning point in world politics that left the USA as the only remaining superpower – was, according to some Russian conspiracy theorists, planned and executed by Russia’s enemies in the West. This book is the first-ever study of Russian conspiracy theories in the post-Soviet period. It examines why these conspiracy theories have emerged and gained currency in Russia and what role intellectuals have played in this process. The book shows how, in the new millennium, the image of the ‘dangerous, conspiring West’ provides national unity and has helped legitimize Russia’s rapid turn to authoritarianism under Vladimir Putin.
