| ID | 114177 |
| Title Proper | Postmodern geopolitics? the European Union eyes Russia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Klinke, Ian |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The discourse on EU-Russia relations amongst practitioners, think-tank experts, journalists and academics has congealed around a postmodern-modern binary. It is frequently argued that whereas Russia is caught up in a 'modern' framework of fixed territory, national identity and traditional geopolitics, the European Union is driven by a 'postmodern' spatial mindset that transcends these 'backward' values. This article argues that the EU's supposed postmodern geopolitics remains enmeshed in a very modern temporality-a consciousness of time that valorises the present over the past. It also detects a problematic disillusion with the postmodern and questions its implicit normativity. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 64, No.5; Jul 2012: p.929-947 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 64, No.5; Jul 2012: p.929-947 |
| Key Words | EU - Russia Relations ; Geopolitics ; European Union ; Russia ; Postmodern Geopolitics |