Todd H. Nelson

Bringing Stalin Back In

Memory Politics and the Creation of a Useable Past in Putin's Russia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the favorable portrayal of Stalin in Russia today. Putin and he political elite have co-opted the processes of discourse formulation in Russian society, using these to advance positive perceptions of Stalin, while exercising control over the arenas in which any sort of alternative narratives on Stalinism might emerge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9781498591546
• ISBN-10: 149859154X
• Artikelnr.: 62061396

Autorenporträt

By Todd H. Nelson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Long Shadow of Stalin
Chapter 2: Russian 'Soft Memory' Part I: Crafting the Stalinist Narrative
in Russian Society-at-Large
Chapter 3: Russian 'Soft Memory' Part II: The Education Sphere and the
Presentation of Stalinism
Chapter 4: 'Hard' Memory: Comparing Memorialization of the Great Patriotic
War and the Stalinist Repressions
Chapter 5: Bringing It All Together: Complex Co-Optation, Civil Society,
and Access to Discourse on the Soviet Period
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Ghosts of the Past in the Russian Present