Russian Populism

A History

Bibliographic Data

ID19902845
AuthorsChristopher Ely, Boris B Gorshkov, Jonathan Daly (0000-0002-7452-2042), James D White (0000-0002-1796-221X), Elizabeth White (0000-0001-5090-1729), Barbara Alpern Engel, Wayne Dowler, Christopher Read, Alice K Pate, Alice Pate, John W Steinberg, John Steinberg, Aaron B Retish (0009-0002-2988-5394)
Year2022
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRussian Populism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Academic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781350095571
OpenAlexW4213089171
ISBN9781350095571
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Russian populism, the belief that the peasantry embodied authentic Russian identity and once liberated from their poverty would lead the country to a brighter future, has animated Russian thought across the political spectrum and inspired much of Russia’s world-historical literature, music and art in the 19th century. This book offers the fullest and most authoritative account of the rise, proliferation and influence of populist values and ideology in modern Russia to date. Christopher Ely explores the complete story of Russian populism. Starting from the cursed question of how to reconnect the popular masses with the Europeanized elite, he examines the populist obsession with the peasant commune as a model for a future socialist Russia. He shows how the desire for revolution led Russian radicals to flood into the countryside and later to pioneer terrorism as a form of political action. He delves into those artists influenced by populist ideals, and

Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Law · Philosophy · Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia