Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin
"The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. They offer powerful visions of strong leaders and the Russian nation: they value conservatism and the Slavic spirit. They root morality in Orthodoxy, and Russian identity in the historic struggle with the West. Today, Putin manages and manipulates those same ideas in his 'defense' of 130 million ethnic Russians agai…
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- Full title :Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin / Michel Eltchaninoff ; translation, James Ferguson.
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"The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. They offer powerful visions of strong leaders and the Russian nation: they value conservatism and the Slavic spirit. They root morality in Orthodoxy, and Russian identity in the historic struggle with the West. Today, Putin manages and manipulates those same ideas in his 'defense' of 130 million ethnic Russians against the world. With the annexation of Crimea, the war in Syria and shock election results across the West, the challenge of decrypting his worldview has become more pressing than ever. From a Eurasian Union to a new Russian Empire, this is a revealing tour of Kremlin doctrine and strategy, viewed through its philosophical roots"--Publisher's website
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- Publication Date:©2017
- Edition:Updated English edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Hurst & Company
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:vii, 195 pages ; : 19 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781849049337, 1849049335
- oclc:on1038413086
- LC Classification:DK510.766.P87
- Dewey Decimal:947.086/4
Table of Contents
Introduction: Putin and philosophy -- Soviets first and foremost -- Kant, Peter the Great and the philosophy of Judo -- The president's first philosophical love -- The conservative turn -- The Russian way -- The Eurasianist dream -- False friends: Dostoevsky and Berdyaev -- Putin's empire -- An ideology for Europe and the world.
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