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

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 reevaluation of the ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morozov, Viatcheslav (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:	Central and Eastern European perspectives on international relations series.
Subjects:	Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations. Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991- Postcolonialism > Russia (Federation) Identity politics > Russia (Federation) Imperialism. Eurocentrism > Political aspects > Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) > Relations > Western countries. Western countries > Relations > Russia (Federation) Globalization > Political aspects > Russia (Federation) Political culture > Russia (Federation) POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.

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.