Overview

This book explores Russia’s sense of its own uniqueness and the impact this has had on Russia’s conduct of international relations. Examining concepts such as Russia’s special civilising mission, its difference from the West, its proneness to conduct violent warfare, and more, and discussing these concepts in relation to Russia’s history and its present behaviour, and also in relation to other countries’ views of themselves as exceptional, the book highlights Russia’s sense of its own identity as a key factor shaping current international events.

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Author:   Raymond Taras
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.280kg
ISBN:  

9781032612027

ISBN 10:   1032612029
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   06 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 “Rethinking How Historically Exceptional Russia Has Been” Raymond Taras Chapter 2 “Beyond the Core: Conceptualising Russia's Hybrid Exceptionalism in Times of War” Kevork Oskanian Chapter 3 “Mission Narrative in Russian Foreign Policy. The Comparative Perspective” Alicja Curanović Chapter 4 “Squaring the Circle: Legitimizing the Putin Regime after February 24, 2022” Bo Petersson Chapter 5 “Exception and Analogical Reasoning in Ukrainian and Russian Political Discourses” Yulia Kurnyshova and Andrey Makarychev Chapter 6 “Messianic Discourses and the Ideology of Putinism” Mikhail Suslov Chapter 7 “Human Rights and the Exceptionalism of Russian Law and Politics Mikhail Antonov Chapter 8 “The Emergence of Contending Universalisms: Russian and American Exceptionalist Diplomacy 1917-1918” Molly O’Neal Chapter 9 “Russia’s Exceptional Role in Managing Kazakhstan’s Postcolonial Identity” Vera Grantseva Ageeva Chapter 10 “The Soviet Federative State: Its Exceptional Formation - and Dismemberment” David Lane

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Raymond Taras is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Tulane University, USA

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