Russia between East and West : : scholarly debates on Eurasianism / / edited by Dmitry Shlapentokh.

• Superior document: International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 102
• TeilnehmendeR: Shlapentokh, Dmitry.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 102.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction: Eurasianism And Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies (Dmitry Shlapentokh) /; Chapter I. The Orient In Russian Thought At The Turn Of The Century (Marlène Laruelle) /; Chapter II. Eurasianism As A Reaction To Pan-Turkism (Stephan Wiederkehr) /; Chapter III. Karsavin And The Eurasian Movement (Françoise Lesourd) /; Chapter IV. Absolutism And Authority In Eurasian Ideology: Karsavin And Alekseev (Ryszard Paradowski) /; Chapter V. From Rejection To Attempts At Reconciliation: Poles And The Interwar Eurasian Movement (Roman Bäcker) /; Chapter VI. Anti-Semitism In Eurasian Historiography: The Case Of Lev Gumilev (Vadim Rossman) /; Conclusion (Dmitry Shlapentokh) /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281917117; 9786611917111; 9047419006
• ISSN: 0074-8684
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Dmitry Shlapentokh.

Throughout most of Russian history, two views of who the Russians are have dominated the minds of Russian intellectuals. Westerners assumed that Russia was part of the West, whilst Slavophiles saw Russia as part of a Slavic civilization. At present, it is Eurasianism that has emerged as the paradigm that has made attempts to place Russia in a broad civilizational context and it has recently become the only viable doctrine that is able to provide the very ideological justification for Russia’s existence as a multiethnic state. Eurasians assert that Russia is a civilization in its own right, a unique blend of Slavic and non-Slavic, mostly Turkic, people. While it is one of the important ideological trends in present-day Russia, Eurasianism, with its origins among Russian emigrants in the 1920's, has a long history. Placing Eurasianism in a broad context, this book covers the origins of Eurasianism, dwells on Eurasianism’s major philosophical paradigms, and places Eurasianism in the context of the development of Polish and Turkish thought. The final part deals with the modern modification of Eurasianism. The book is of great relevance to those who are interested in Russian/European and Asian history area studies.