Mikhail Suslov
Biographic Data
| ID | 415907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mikhail Suslov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mikhail |
| FAMILY NAME | Suslov |
| SIGNATURE | SUSLOV M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8270-9077 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Decoding the New Cold War
Even though the term ‘New Cold War’ has become ubiquitous in political and media discourse since the mid-2010s, this popularity was not paralleled by an equal level of academic engagement. The New Cold War has remained under-conceptualised and siloed in different research traditions. This forum argues that understanding the New Cold War as a historical analogy, a general concept, or a historical process yields distinct insights into current geopo…
Theory of War and Theology of Sacrifice in the Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church Turns to the Global South: Recalibration of the Geopolitical Culture of the Church
The Ukrainian parliament's 2024 law banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) marks a significant conceptual and strategic recalibration of the Russian Orthodox Church's (ROC) geopolitical culture. The framework of the "Russian world" project, which asserted a shared civilizational identity between Russia and its Orthodox neighbors, is increasingly untenable amidst the war with Ukraine and splits in the Orthodox wo…
Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Origins, Manifestations and Functions
This book comprehensively explores the origins, manifestations, and functions of Pan-Slavism in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
Revisiting Pan-Slavism in the Contemporary Perspective
In this article, we examine the literature on the topic of Pan-Slavism that has been published in the last 20 years. We do so by paying particular attention to discussions on contemporary perspectives and manifestations of Pan-Slavism that in our view have been largely missing from academic research. We begin the article by introducing a theoretical conceptualization of Pan-Slavism in general, preparing the ground for our inspection of the academ…
The Russian Orthodox Church and the Pandemic: Problems, Challenges, Responses
The article discusses the reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church on the pandemic of COVID-19. This research identifies and analyzes major ideological cleavages on this issue, such as the possibility of transmitting viruses via the Eucharist, the religious meaning of the pandemic, and possibilities of digitalizing the rituals. The article pays special attention to the camp of Orthodox fundamentalists, whose reaction to the corona-crisis partially…
The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation. By Nicholas E. Denysenko
The religious situation in Ukraine is changing swiftly. This book was published on the eve of a momentous event in recent Ukrainian church history. On December 15, 2018, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine was created and on January 5, 2019, the tomos of the Ecumenical Patriarch granted her autocephaly. This newly established church intends to unify three churches: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church—Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox C…
Contemporary Russian Conservatism: Problems, Paradoxes, and Perspectives
This volume is the first comprehensive study of the “conservative turn” in Russia under Putin. Its fifteen chapters, written by renowned specialists in the field, provide a focused examination of what Russian conservatism is and how it works. The book features in-depth discussions of the historical dimensions of conservatism, the contemporary international context, the theoretical conceptualization of conservatism, and empirical case studies. Amo…
Geopolitization of the post-soviet diaspora in the baltic sea region
The Baltic Sea region is strategically, economically, and symbolically important for the Russian Federation. Among other things, it hosts the largest Russian speaking population outside of Russia, so it is understandable that the Kremlin has been trying to instrumentalize this diaspora for its geopolitical purposes. The article documents those attempts to mobilize the diaspora, to shape it as a handy and loyal tool for projecting Russia’s soft an…
"Russian World" Concept: "Post-Soviet Geopolitical Ideology and the Logic of "Spheres of Influence
In contemporary Russia, geopolitical discourses have become more important than political ideology proper, so the “Russian world” concept is rising to the position of an all-embracing ideology, which maintains that Russia is or should be politically and geographically bigger than the Russian Federation. This means that the idea of “spheres of influence” is embedded into the concept. At the same time, the paper argues that the meaning of the “Russ…
The Production of ‘Novorossiya: A Territorial Brand in Public Debates
The essay inquires into the cultural production of ‘Novorossiya’ as a politically-coloured territorial ‘brand’, promoted by pro-Kremlin intellectuals, activists of the Donbas rebellion, and internet users. It argues that ‘Novorossiya’ is not only constructed from the building blocks of historical traditions, but also framed by geographical metaphors in popular imagination. Drawing on studies in critical geopolitics and fan fiction, this research …
The Russian Orthodox Church in Search of the Cultural Canon
This paper documents and analyzes the building blocks of the Orthodox cultural canon and cultural policy. The author argues that in spite of the Church’s attempts to renegotiate its status in (post-) secular society, the Orthodox cultural products have restricted access to the nation-wide market, partially due to the lack of theoretical reflection on culture, and partially because of the Church’s unsettled accounts with Russian history of the 20t…
Of Planets and Trenches: Imperial Science Fiction in Contemporary Russia
In post‐Soviet Russia, science fiction has become a huge literary industry with hundreds of titles published yearly, and dozens of regular events for authors and fandom. Having recovered from the dominance of translated science fiction in the 1990s and reliance on Strugatsky's style and spirit, today's writers have developed a specific “sub‐genre” of imperial science fiction. Using the example of fifteen novels, this paper explores interconnectio…
Eurasia 2.0: Russian geopolitics in the age of new media
This book discusses the return of geopolitical ideas and doctrines to the post-Soviet space with a special focus on the new phenomenon of digital geopolitics, an overarching term for different political practices including dissemination of geopolitical ideas online, use of the Internet by political figures and diplomats for legitimation and outreach activity, and viral spread of geopolitical memes. Different chapters explore and consider the new …
Crimea Is Ours!” Russian popular geopolitics in the new media age
This article analyzes how the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 has been represented and discussed on social networks. It argues that the key metaphors and discursive strategies, which have been developed in the digital environment, have been prefigured in Russian geopolitical culture and popular imagination since Crimea’s first accession to Russia in 1783. The central geopolitical trope of Crimea as either a “metonymy” of the empire or …
The Life and Thought of Lev Karsavin: “Strength Made Perfect in Weakness…”
The life of philosopher Lev Karsavin is a picture of the political turbulence of the times and places in which he lived. Born and raised in fin-de-siecle St Petersburg, he was expelled from Soviet
Geographical Metanarratives in Russia and the European East: Contemporary Pan-Slavism
A specialist on Russian geopolitical metanarratives investigates the re-emergence of Pan-Slavism in the ideological landscape of contemporary Russia. Arguing that it is a heterogeneous assemblage of both mutually antagonistic and complementary narratives about the unity of Slavic peoples, the author posits that Pan-Slavism's durability lies not in its conceptual coherence but rather its emotional appeal to disparate Slavic peoples in the former S…
Neo‐slavophilism and the Revolution of 1905–07: A Study in the Ideology of S. F. Sharapov
In 1900–1904 neo‐Slavophiles stood in the forefront of the Liberation movement against the Russian ancien régime, but the revolution of 1905–07 undermined their political position as an ‘influential minority’ and broke down fundaments of their ideology. This article discusses the reasons behind the Slavophiles’ inability to adapt themselves to changing political reality through the example of Sergei Sharapov, a popular journalist and an ideologis…
"Russian World" Concept: "Post-Soviet Geopolitical Ideology and the Logic of "Spheres of Influence
In contemporary Russia, geopolitical discourses have become more important than political ideology proper, so the “Russian world” concept is rising to the position of an all-embracing ideology, which maintains that Russia is or should be politically and geographically bigger than the Russian Federation. This means that the idea of “spheres of influence” is embedded into the concept. At the same time, the paper argues that the meaning of the “Russ…
Crimea Is Ours!” Russian popular geopolitics in the new media age
This article analyzes how the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 has been represented and discussed on social networks. It argues that the key metaphors and discursive strategies, which have been developed in the digital environment, have been prefigured in Russian geopolitical culture and popular imagination since Crimea’s first accession to Russia in 1783. The central geopolitical trope of Crimea as either a “metonymy” of the empire or …
The Production of ‘Novorossiya: A Territorial Brand in Public Debates
The essay inquires into the cultural production of ‘Novorossiya’ as a politically-coloured territorial ‘brand’, promoted by pro-Kremlin intellectuals, activists of the Donbas rebellion, and internet users. It argues that ‘Novorossiya’ is not only constructed from the building blocks of historical traditions, but also framed by geographical metaphors in popular imagination. Drawing on studies in critical geopolitics and fan fiction, this research …
Geographical Metanarratives in Russia and the European East: Contemporary Pan-Slavism
A specialist on Russian geopolitical metanarratives investigates the re-emergence of Pan-Slavism in the ideological landscape of contemporary Russia. Arguing that it is a heterogeneous assemblage of both mutually antagonistic and complementary narratives about the unity of Slavic peoples, the author posits that Pan-Slavism's durability lies not in its conceptual coherence but rather its emotional appeal to disparate Slavic peoples in the former S…
Revisiting Pan-Slavism in the Contemporary Perspective
In this article, we examine the literature on the topic of Pan-Slavism that has been published in the last 20 years. We do so by paying particular attention to discussions on contemporary perspectives and manifestations of Pan-Slavism that in our view have been largely missing from academic research. We begin the article by introducing a theoretical conceptualization of Pan-Slavism in general, preparing the ground for our inspection of the academ…
Geopolitization of the post-soviet diaspora in the baltic sea region
The Baltic Sea region is strategically, economically, and symbolically important for the Russian Federation. Among other things, it hosts the largest Russian speaking population outside of Russia, so it is understandable that the Kremlin has been trying to instrumentalize this diaspora for its geopolitical purposes. The article documents those attempts to mobilize the diaspora, to shape it as a handy and loyal tool for projecting Russia’s soft an…
Neo‐slavophilism and the Revolution of 1905–07: A Study in the Ideology of S. F. Sharapov
In 1900–1904 neo‐Slavophiles stood in the forefront of the Liberation movement against the Russian ancien régime, but the revolution of 1905–07 undermined their political position as an ‘influential minority’ and broke down fundaments of their ideology. This article discusses the reasons behind the Slavophiles’ inability to adapt themselves to changing political reality through the example of Sergei Sharapov, a popular journalist and an ideologis…
Neo‐slavophilism and the Revolution of 1905–07: A Study in the Ideology of S. F. Sharapov
In 1900–1904 neo‐Slavophiles stood in the forefront of the Liberation movement against the Russian ancien régime, but the revolution of 1905–07 undermined their political position as an ‘influential minority’ and broke down fundaments of their ideology. This article discusses the reasons behind the Slavophiles’ inability to adapt themselves to changing political reality through the example of Sergei Sharapov, a popular journalist and an ideologis…
Geographical Metanarratives in Russia and the European East: Contemporary Pan-Slavism
A specialist on Russian geopolitical metanarratives investigates the re-emergence of Pan-Slavism in the ideological landscape of contemporary Russia. Arguing that it is a heterogeneous assemblage of both mutually antagonistic and complementary narratives about the unity of Slavic peoples, the author posits that Pan-Slavism's durability lies not in its conceptual coherence but rather its emotional appeal to disparate Slavic peoples in the former S…
The Life and Thought of Lev Karsavin: “Strength Made Perfect in Weakness…”
The life of philosopher Lev Karsavin is a picture of the political turbulence of the times and places in which he lived. Born and raised in fin-de-siecle St Petersburg, he was expelled from Soviet
Crimea Is Ours!” Russian popular geopolitics in the new media age
This article analyzes how the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 has been represented and discussed on social networks. It argues that the key metaphors and discursive strategies, which have been developed in the digital environment, have been prefigured in Russian geopolitical culture and popular imagination since Crimea’s first accession to Russia in 1783. The central geopolitical trope of Crimea as either a “metonymy” of the empire or …
The Russian Orthodox Church in Search of the Cultural Canon
This paper documents and analyzes the building blocks of the Orthodox cultural canon and cultural policy. The author argues that in spite of the Church’s attempts to renegotiate its status in (post-) secular society, the Orthodox cultural products have restricted access to the nation-wide market, partially due to the lack of theoretical reflection on culture, and partially because of the Church’s unsettled accounts with Russian history of the 20t…
Of Planets and Trenches: Imperial Science Fiction in Contemporary Russia
In post‐Soviet Russia, science fiction has become a huge literary industry with hundreds of titles published yearly, and dozens of regular events for authors and fandom. Having recovered from the dominance of translated science fiction in the 1990s and reliance on Strugatsky's style and spirit, today's writers have developed a specific “sub‐genre” of imperial science fiction. Using the example of fifteen novels, this paper explores interconnectio…
Eurasia 2.0: Russian geopolitics in the age of new media
This book discusses the return of geopolitical ideas and doctrines to the post-Soviet space with a special focus on the new phenomenon of digital geopolitics, an overarching term for different political practices including dissemination of geopolitical ideas online, use of the Internet by political figures and diplomats for legitimation and outreach activity, and viral spread of geopolitical memes. Different chapters explore and consider the new …
The Production of ‘Novorossiya: A Territorial Brand in Public Debates
The essay inquires into the cultural production of ‘Novorossiya’ as a politically-coloured territorial ‘brand’, promoted by pro-Kremlin intellectuals, activists of the Donbas rebellion, and internet users. It argues that ‘Novorossiya’ is not only constructed from the building blocks of historical traditions, but also framed by geographical metaphors in popular imagination. Drawing on studies in critical geopolitics and fan fiction, this research …
Geopolitization of the post-soviet diaspora in the baltic sea region
The Baltic Sea region is strategically, economically, and symbolically important for the Russian Federation. Among other things, it hosts the largest Russian speaking population outside of Russia, so it is understandable that the Kremlin has been trying to instrumentalize this diaspora for its geopolitical purposes. The article documents those attempts to mobilize the diaspora, to shape it as a handy and loyal tool for projecting Russia’s soft an…
"Russian World" Concept: "Post-Soviet Geopolitical Ideology and the Logic of "Spheres of Influence
In contemporary Russia, geopolitical discourses have become more important than political ideology proper, so the “Russian world” concept is rising to the position of an all-embracing ideology, which maintains that Russia is or should be politically and geographically bigger than the Russian Federation. This means that the idea of “spheres of influence” is embedded into the concept. At the same time, the paper argues that the meaning of the “Russ…
Contemporary Russian Conservatism: Problems, Paradoxes, and Perspectives
This volume is the first comprehensive study of the “conservative turn” in Russia under Putin. Its fifteen chapters, written by renowned specialists in the field, provide a focused examination of what Russian conservatism is and how it works. The book features in-depth discussions of the historical dimensions of conservatism, the contemporary international context, the theoretical conceptualization of conservatism, and empirical case studies. Amo…
The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation. By Nicholas E. Denysenko
The religious situation in Ukraine is changing swiftly. This book was published on the eve of a momentous event in recent Ukrainian church history. On December 15, 2018, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine was created and on January 5, 2019, the tomos of the Ecumenical Patriarch granted her autocephaly. This newly established church intends to unify three churches: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church—Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox C…
The Russian Orthodox Church and the Pandemic: Problems, Challenges, Responses
The article discusses the reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church on the pandemic of COVID-19. This research identifies and analyzes major ideological cleavages on this issue, such as the possibility of transmitting viruses via the Eucharist, the religious meaning of the pandemic, and possibilities of digitalizing the rituals. The article pays special attention to the camp of Orthodox fundamentalists, whose reaction to the corona-crisis partially…
Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Origins, Manifestations and Functions
This book comprehensively explores the origins, manifestations, and functions of Pan-Slavism in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
Revisiting Pan-Slavism in the Contemporary Perspective
In this article, we examine the literature on the topic of Pan-Slavism that has been published in the last 20 years. We do so by paying particular attention to discussions on contemporary perspectives and manifestations of Pan-Slavism that in our view have been largely missing from academic research. We begin the article by introducing a theoretical conceptualization of Pan-Slavism in general, preparing the ground for our inspection of the academ…
The Russian Orthodox Church Turns to the Global South: Recalibration of the Geopolitical Culture of the Church
The Ukrainian parliament's 2024 law banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) marks a significant conceptual and strategic recalibration of the Russian Orthodox Church's (ROC) geopolitical culture. The framework of the "Russian world" project, which asserted a shared civilizational identity between Russia and its Orthodox neighbors, is increasingly untenable amidst the war with Ukraine and splits in the Orthodox wo…
Theory of War and Theology of Sacrifice in the Russian Orthodox Church
Decoding the New Cold War
Even though the term ‘New Cold War’ has become ubiquitous in political and media discourse since the mid-2010s, this popularity was not paralleled by an equal level of academic engagement. The New Cold War has remained under-conceptualised and siloed in different research traditions. This forum argues that understanding the New Cold War as a historical analogy, a general concept, or a historical process yields distinct insights into current geopo…
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