Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 “Yugoslav” Nationalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
- 2 Nation-Building and Nation-Destroying: The Challenge of Globalization in Indonesia
- 3 Globalization and Singapore's Search for Nationhood
- 4 Globalization and Nationalism in the United States: A Historical Perspective
- 5 Globalization and the Challenges to Malay Nationalism as the Essence of Malaysian Nationalism
- 6 Nationalism and Globalization in Australia
- 7 Nation, Nationalism and Globalization in France
- 8 National Identity and Adapting to Integration: Nationalism and Globalization in Japan
- 9 Globalization, Nationalism, and the Modernization of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
- 10 Nationalities, Nationalism, and Globalization: The Case of China
- 11 Grasping the Nettle: Indian Nationalism and Globalization
- 12 Nationalism and Globalization in the Russian Federation at the Millennium
- 13 Conclusion
- Index
12 - Nationalism and Globalization in the Russian Federation at the Millennium
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 “Yugoslav” Nationalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
- 2 Nation-Building and Nation-Destroying: The Challenge of Globalization in Indonesia
- 3 Globalization and Singapore's Search for Nationhood
- 4 Globalization and Nationalism in the United States: A Historical Perspective
- 5 Globalization and the Challenges to Malay Nationalism as the Essence of Malaysian Nationalism
- 6 Nationalism and Globalization in Australia
- 7 Nation, Nationalism and Globalization in France
- 8 National Identity and Adapting to Integration: Nationalism and Globalization in Japan
- 9 Globalization, Nationalism, and the Modernization of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
- 10 Nationalities, Nationalism, and Globalization: The Case of China
- 11 Grasping the Nettle: Indian Nationalism and Globalization
- 12 Nationalism and Globalization in the Russian Federation at the Millennium
- 13 Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Art thou not, my Russia, soaring along even like a spirited, never-to-be- outdistanced troika?....Whither art thou soaring away to, then, Russia? Give me thy answer! But Russia gives none. With a wondrous ring does the jingle-bell trill; the air rent to shreds, thunders and turns to wind; all things on earth fly past and, eyeing it askance, all the other peoples and nations stand aside and give it the right of way.
— Nikolai Gogol, The Dead SoulsIntroduction
Examining nationalism within the post-Soviet Russian Federation in the context of an increasingly globalized world is a complex task, given the propensity of the various historical forms of the Russian state to resist inclusion in the prevalent socio-economic, artistic, and political Pan-European trends. Thus, Russia never experienced the impact of Renaissance or Protestant Reformation, while its embrace of the Age of Reason had been ambivalent in its nature, and limited in scope. Both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, in spite of their universalistic and Messianic impulses, functioned within the context of a highly isolationist autarkic political culture. That globalization has indeed emerged as a factor in the post-communist Russian state is, nevertheless, beyond reasonable denial. Russia had first confronted aspects of modernity in the late seventeenth century through the reforms of Peter the Great and was fundamentally transformed by the Marxist mobilization model of socio-economic modernization thrust upon the Soviet empire by Joseph Stalin during the 1920s and 1930s. Mikhail Gorbachev's reform policy of glasnost exposed his country to the Information Age, while the set of policies collectively known as perestroika marked a decisive departure from traditional Russian autarky through seeking Western aid from such global institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Following the failure of Gorbachev's attempt to fuse socialism with reinvigorating elements of capitalism, a highly flawed and predatory form of capitalism emerged in Russia, fostering nevertheless its integration into the global economy. This chapter will examine the traditional sources and current manifestations of nationalism in contemporary Russian Federation, and then explore the degree and nature of interaction between globalization and various forms of ethnic nationalism flourishing on the Eurasian continent.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Nationalism and GlobalizationEast and West, pp. 319 - 343Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2000