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Author Sherlock, Thomas D.

Title Historical narratives in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia : destroying the settled past, creating an uncertain future / Thomas Sherlock
Published New York ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
Contents Myth and Legitimacy in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia -- Authorizing Reform by Uncovering the Past -- Leninist Mythology and Reform -- Assessing the Genesis of Stalinism -- The Legitimation of Insurgent Narratives -- Myth, History, and Separatism in the Periphery -- Destroying a Settled Past, Creating an Uncertain Future
Summary This book investigates the significance of historical narratives in Soviet and post-Soviet space. Encompassing reform under Mikhail Gorbachev and retrenchment under Vladimir Putin, it explains the political, social, and cultural importance of a polity?s myths. Charting the rise of anti-Soviet and anti-communist narratives under perestroika, and their eventual marginalization in post-Soviet Russia, the book argues that changes in symbolic politics must be examined within cultural, socio-political, and international contexts. Of particular relevance is the interactive relationship between state and society. The study of historical discourse must focus not only on how and why the state imposes its discursive preferences on society, thereby shaping public memory, but also on why and how the state itself is constructed by prevailing narratives in society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Political science.
Political science & theory.
Marxism & Communism.
HISTORY.
Politics and Government.
Politics and government
Political science
Geschichte
Legitimation
Stalinisme.
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125832
Subject Soviet Union
Sowjetunion
Russland
URSS -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle.
Ex-URSS -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1990- ...
Russie -- Conditions sociales -- 1991- ...
Russie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1991- ...
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230604216
0230604218
9781349535163
1349535168