The Russian Question: Nationalism, Modernization, and Post-Communist Russia

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Who are we is a question that has long haunted Russians. The crisis of identity that underlies attempts to grapple with modernity-the invention of an alien civilization-is explored in this timely book. Russia's response to the universal challenge posed by modernization's erosion of community has been to fall back on the enduring bond of kinship, as Allensworth here defines nationalism. The author draws on rare Russian sources to explore the various ways nationalists have responded to modernization and to chart a likely course for Russia's future development.

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An excellent analysis of ethnicity and nationalism. * Choice Reviews *
Allenworth provides a fascinating account of how the process of modernization has affected Russian national identity. * Democratization *
Allensworth is superbly equipped to explain the complexities and nuances of the kaleidoscopic variations of Russian nationalist opinion. -- James George Jatras * Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture *

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Wayne Allensworth is a Russia analyst at the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.