Slavophiles and Commissars: Enemies of Democracy in Modern Russia - Hardcover

This book examines contemporary Russian nationalism as it reemerged in the wake of Gorbachev's liberalization. The first part of the book analyzes the ideology of authoritarian nationalism, as it was developed by the conservative intelligentsia. The second section examines its political impact from 1987 to the Presidential elections of 1996. The book argues that the new nationalism provided opponents of reform with an apparently novel justification for their hostility to the liberalization inaugurated by Gorbachev and erratically pursued by Yeltsin.
This book examines contemporary Russian nationalism as it reemerged in the wake of Gorbachev's liberalization. The first part of the book analyzes the ideology of authoritarian nationalism, as it was developed by the conservative intelligentsia. The second section examines its political impact from 1987 to the Presidential elections of 1996. The book argues that the new nationalism provided opponents of reform with an apparently novel justification for their hostility to the liberalization inaugurated by Gorbachev and erratically pursued by Yeltsin.

Judith Devlin is Lecturer in Modern History at University College, Dublin.