| ID | 099800 |
| Title Proper | Russia |
| Other Title Information | a part of the west or apart from the west? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kaempf, Sebastian |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Outlining the century-old debates about 'What is Russia?', this article - by drawing on a variety of sources such as fiction, culture, cartoons and identity - shows how Russian and Western answers to this question have impacted on each other. To do so, the article first examines the extent to which Russian society - ever since the Mongolian Yoke - has been culturally torn between Westerniser and anti-Westerniser positions. It then complements the insights into Russia's self-reflective identity formation in two ways: by illustrating how Russia, in the West, has become portrayed as a caricature of the Western consciousness and by demonstrating how the Russian 'Self', in return, has been defined through the prism of Western expectations. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations Vol. 24, No. 3; Sep 2010: p. 313-340 |
| Journal Source | International Relations Vol. 24, No. 3; Sep 2010: p. 313-340 |
| Key Words | Cartoons ; History ; Imagination ; Perception ; Russia ; Russia Culture ; Soviet Union ; West |