Cultures of Power in Post-Communist Russia

Zusammenfassung Using extensive interviews with top Russian political figures, this book identifies a political discourse that enables certain things to be communicated while ruling out others. He shows that Russian elites speak a language that not only militates against mutual understanding and consensus, but encourages authoritarian forms of political power.

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This book offers an original theory of political discourse to analyse how Russian political actors use language.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Social relations; 3. Community; 4. Morality; 5. Competence; 6. Revolution; 7. Conclusion; Appendix. Sketches of respondents' backgrounds.