Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revolution, Communism and After

Portada
Routledge, 2002 - 256 pàgines
This is the first book in English for half a century to examine the complexities of Russian messianism, both as a whole and in its interaction with Communism. Peter Duncan considers its Orthodox roots and focuses on Russia's geopolitical experience and situation to explain the endurance of this phenomenon.
 

Continguts

Introduction
1
1 The origins of Russian messianism
6
2 The Slavophils and Russian Messianism under Nicholas I
18
PanSlavism Dostoevsky and Solovyov
30
4 Messianism and revolution
48
5 DeStalinization and the growth of Russian national consciousness
62
6 The Brezhnev era
68
7 The Brezhnev era
82
8 Andropov and Chernenko against Russian nationalism
110
9 Gorbachev and the end of empire
115
10 PostSoviet Russia
130
Conclusion
141
Notes
149
Bibliography
189
Index
232
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