Ibidem verlag mai 2016 (8 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This in-depth analysis discloses the sources, contents, and implications of post-Soviet Russian messianism. Since its rediscovery 150 years ago, writers ranging from Western critics of Moscow's foreign policy to ardent Russian imperialists have used the concept of Moscow as the Third Rome as 'evidence' of Russia's particularism and expansionism. But for the original author of the formula of the Third Rome, the Orthodox monk Filofei of Pskov, it was a religious concept he referred to when criticizing what he saw as the apostasy of his time. This book is the first to look beyond this dichotomy. Drawing on theories of political myth and concepts of nationalism, Østbø develops a novel analytical perspective. Rather than dismissing political uses of the religious, medieval idea as 'wrong', the author analyzes the modern content and ideological function of the myth of the Third Rome. Through case studies of four prominent nationalist intellectuals, Vadim Tsymburskii, Aleksandr Dugin, Nataliia Narochnitskaia and Egor Kholmogorov, the author shows how this messianic myth is used to 'reinvent' Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. These writers use their own constructed image of the Russian nation to demonstrate what Russia 'should be' and its allegedly rightful place in the world. Existing in radically diverging versions, the myth of the Third Rome routinely conveys rabid anti-Westernism. At 'best', it is employed to forge a self-image of the Russians as an essentially isolationist civilization. At worst, it is used to 'explain' how the Russians are divinely elected to be the rulers of a world empire. 292 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This monograph discloses the estate-based social structure of contemporary Russia by way of outlining the principles of the USSR s peculiar estate system, and explaining the new social estates of post-Soviet Russia. Simon Kordonsky distinguishes and describes in particular the currently existing Russian service and support estates. He introduces the notions of a resource-based state and resource-based economy as the political and economic foundations for Russian society's estate structure. His study demonstrates, moreover, how the method of inventing and institutionalizing threats plays a dominant role in the mode of distribution of scarce resources in such a social system. The book shows fundamental differences between resource- as well as threat-based economies, on the one side, and traditional risk-based economies, on the other, and discloses what this means for Russia's future. 332 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -As Germany and the Soviet Union engaged in colossal battles during World War II, a much smaller but vicious struggle broke out in the borderlands of southeastern Poland, resurrecting longstanding ethnic and territorial conflicts between Poles and Ukrainians. During the war, both sides organized large partisan armies and sought to establish control over territory each deemed integral to their post-war national visions. The violence reached a fever pitch only in the years immediately following the war.This comprehensive study provides a unique overview to Polish-Ukrainian relations dating back to the tenth century. Examining the development of this long-standing feud as part of a longer historical process that has occurred between the Polish and Ukrainian ethnic groups in Europe, Rapawy takes into consideration centuries of ethnic strife, population shifts that resulted from ethnic conquests, and the formation of national states after the First World War on multi-ethnic territories as a pre-condition for the events that occurred on the years following World War II. 474 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This monograph discloses the estate-based social structure of contemporary Russia by way of outlining the principles of the USSR's peculiar estate system, and explaining the new social estates of post-Soviet Russia. Simon Kordonsky distinguishes and describes in particular the currently existing Russian service and support estates. He introduces the notions of a resource-based state and resource-based economy as the political and economic foundations for Russian society¿s estate structure. His study demonstrates, moreover, how the method of inventing and institutionalizing threats plays a dominant role in the mode of distribution of scarce resources in such a social system.The book shows fundamental differences between resource- as well as threat-based economies, on the one side, and traditional risk-based economies, on the other, and discloses what this means for Russiäs future.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 332 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This in-depth analysis discloses the sources, contents, and implications of post-Soviet Russian messianism. Since its rediscovery 150 years ago, writers ranging from Western critics of Moscow¿s foreign policy to ardent Russian imperialists have used the concept of Moscow as the Third Rome as ¿evidence¿ of Russiäs particularism and expansionism. But for the original author of the formula of the Third Rome, the Orthodox monk Filofei of Pskov, it was a religious concept he referred to when criticizing what he saw as the apostasy of his time.This book is the first to look beyond this dichotomy. Drawing on theories of political myth and concepts of nationalism, Østbø develops a novel analytical perspective. Rather than dismissing political uses of the religious, medieval idea as ¿wrong¿, the author analyzes the modern content and ideological function of the myth of the Third Rome. Through case studies of four prominent nationalist intellectuals, Vadim Tsymburskii, Aleksandr Dugin, Nataliia Narochnitskaia and Egor Kholmogorov, the author shows how this messianic myth is used to ¿reinvent¿ Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. These writers use their own constructed image of the Russian nation to demonstrate what Russia ¿should be¿ and its allegedly rightful place in the world. Existing in radically diverging versions, the myth of the Third Rome routinely conveys rabid anti-Westernism. At ¿best¿, it is employed to forge a self-image of the Russians as an essentially isolationist civilization. At worst, it is used to ¿explain¿ how the Russians are divinely elected to be the rulers of a world empire.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 292 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -As Germany and the Soviet Union engaged in colossal battles during World War II, a much smaller but vicious struggle broke out in the borderlands of southeastern Poland, resurrecting longstanding ethnic and territorial conflicts between Poles and Ukrainians. During the war, both sides organized large partisan armies and sought to establish control over territory each deemed integral to their post-war national visions. The violence reached a fever pitch only in the years immediately following the war.This comprehensive study provides a unique overview to Polish¿Ukrainian relations dating back to the tenth century. Examining the development of this long-standing feud as part of a longer historical process that has occurred between the Polish and Ukrainian ethnic groups in Europe, Rapawy takes into consideration centuries of ethnic strife, population shifts that resulted from ethnic conquests, and the formation of national states after the First World War on multi-ethnic territories as a pre-condition for the events that occurred on the years following World War II.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 474 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Oswald Spengler und Nikolaj Berdjaev gehören zu jenen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts, deren Geschichtsdeutungen stark von den Kriegen und Krisen ihrer Gegenwart geprägt waren. Ihre Geschichtsphilosophie wollte eine Fundamentalkritik am westlichen Entwicklungsmodell sein und stellte die Gewissheiten einer fortschrittsoptimistischen Auffassung von Geschichte radikal in Frage. Susanne Pocai legt mit diesem Buch die erste zusammenhängende Studie zum zivilisationskritischen Werk Nikolaj Berdjaevs und dessen Abhängigkeit von Oswald Spenglers einflussreicher Schrift Der Untergang des Abendlandes vor. Sie arbeitet dabei die Facetten einer spezifischen Tradition in der deutschen und russischen Geistesgeschichte heraus. Deren Vertreter redeten und schrieben mit missionarischem Eifer das Ende Europas herbei und stilisierten 'ihr' Volk zum Erlöser einer vermeintlich todkranken europäischen Kultur. Pocais kompakte, pointiert verfasste Studie trägt auch zum Verständnis der ideologischen Grundlagen der jüngsten russischen Politik bei. So entstammen Vladimir Putins Projekt einer Eurasischen Union ebenso wie seine Rhetorik von der überlegenen russischen Kultur dem Instrumentarium einer antiwestlichen Zivilisationskritik, deren Wurzeln bis ins frühe 19. Jahrhundert zurückreichen und die in Oswald Spengler und Nikolaj Berdjaev zwei wirkmächtige Agitatoren gefunden hatte. Das Buch ist für all diejenigen ein besonderer Gewinn, denen an der Dechiffrierung und Aufdeckung jener Stereotypien und Topoi gelegen ist, die so manche Diskussion zum deutsch-russischen oder russisch-europäischen Verhältnis bis heute prägen. 350 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Oswald Spengler und Nikolaj Berdjaev gehören zu jenen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts, deren Geschichtsdeutungen stark von den Kriegen und Krisen ihrer Gegenwart geprägt waren. Ihre Geschichtsphilosophie wollte eine Fundamentalkritik am westlichen Entwicklungsmodell sein und stellte die Gewissheiten einer fortschrittsoptimistischen Auffassung von Geschichte radikal in Frage.Susanne Pocai legt mit diesem Buch die erste zusammenhängende Studie zum zivilisationskritischen Werk Nikolaj Berdjaevs und dessen Abhängigkeit von Oswald Spenglers einflussreicher Schrift Der Untergang des Abendlandes vor. Sie arbeitet dabei die Facetten einer spezifischen Tradition in der deutschen und russischen Geistesgeschichte heraus. Deren Vertreter redeten und schrieben mit missionarischem Eifer das Ende Europas herbei und stilisierten ¿ihr¿ Volk zum Erlöser einer vermeintlich todkranken europäischen Kultur.Pocais kompakte, pointiert verfasste Studie trägt auch zum Verständnis der ideologischen Grundlagen der jüngsten russischen Politik bei. So entstammen Vladimir Putins Projekt einer Eurasischen Union ebenso wie seine Rhetorik von der überlegenen russischen Kultur dem Instrumentarium einer antiwestlichen Zivilisationskritik, deren Wurzeln bis ins frühe 19. Jahrhundert zurückreichen und die in Oswald Spengler und Nikolaj Berdjaev zwei wirkmächtige Agitatoren gefunden hatte.Das Buch ist für all diejenigen ein besonderer Gewinn, denen an der Dechiffrierung und Aufdeckung jener Stereotypien und Topoi gelegen ist, die so manche Diskussion zum deutsch-russischen oder russisch-europäischen Verhältnis bis heute prägen.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 350 pp. Deutsch.…