A long view on the sense of Russian history that Vladimir Putin has inherited and draws from culturally. Looking at the roots of Russian anti-westernism, its response to Europe during the Enlightenment and Peter and Catherine the Great's modernizing projects. From Rousseau and the influence of the Romanitics through to Dostoevsky, Carl Schmitt's influence, and Ivan Illyin today.
Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: [ Ссылка ]
Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos:
[ Ссылка ]
Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel:
[ Ссылка ]
Follow me on:
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Subscribe to the podcast:
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
Sources:
Pankaj Misrha, Age of Anger: A History of the Present
Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom
Liah Greenfield, Nationalism: Five Roads to Moderntiy
David Lewis, Russia’s New Authoritarianism
Credits:
Snyder photo, Frauemacht, CC BY-SA 4.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
Putin Photo, Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
