Putinistisk historiepolitikk: Oppussing av fortiden i Putins Russland
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Sammendrag Abstract: Putinist Politics of History: Refurbishing the Past in Putin’s Russia The dissolution of the Soviet Union liberated Russian historians from the shackles of a state-directed politics of history. However, in the early 2000s, during Putin’s presidency, the Russian state’s drive to instrumentalize history resurfaced. Programmes for «patriotic upbringing», government-sponsored history textbooks and a presidential commission to combat «falsification of history» are indicators of this trend. The article discusses the nature and methods of Putinist politics of history, examines responses to it and assesses its causes, impact and future perspectives. It is argued that at one level, popular demands for national pride as well as domestic and foreign policy interests can explain Putinist politics of history. On a more fundamental level, a key to its understanding is held to be the relative weakness of a democratic meta-narrative in contemporary Russia. Keywords: politics of history, collective memory, Putin, Russia, post-Soviet identity, patriotism
Author: Johannes Due Enstad
Language: Norwegian
Topic: Soviet and Russian History
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W26195575