HATE STEMS FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS
Iam not a political scientist, but it seems to me that the current global alienation of the elites from the middle class is accompanied by an equally deep symbiosis, where the problems with those state institutions that are seemingly most hated (e.g. the police and various inspectionoriented bodies) are often resolved ‘according to the rules of the underworld’ and to the mutual benefit and satisfaction of the parties invo
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14 апреля 2011
OUTCOME OF STRATEGIC CHOICE
Being western is a function of some factors that you have mentioned such as history, culture, language, common values, and geopolitical aspects, but it is also strategic choice. In this sense Russia could be called a ‘European but not Western’ country.
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14 апреля 2011
HYBRID IDENTITIES
The term ‘European nonWest’ has every right to be used. In its long history of understanding itself in the context of various European identities, Russia has been seen by many as European – perceived as ‘also part of Europe’ or ‘the other Europe’ (that which is Orthodox, communist, Oriental, etc.).
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14 апреля 2011
