Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union; Russia has been marginalized at the edge of a Western-dominated political and economic system. In recent years; however; leading Russian figures; including former president Vladimir Putin; have begun to stress a geopolitics that puts Russia at the center of a number of axes: European-Asian; Christian-Muslim-Buddhist; Mediterranean-Indian; Slavic-Turkic; and so on. This volume examines the political presuppositions and expanding intellectual impact of Eurasianism; a movement promoting an ideology of Russian-Asian greatness; which has begun to take hold throughout Russia; Kazakhstan; and Turkey. Eurasianism purports to tell Russians what is unalterably important about them and why it can only be expressed in an empire. Using a wide range of sources; Marlène Laruelle discusses the impact of the ideology of Eurasianism on geopolitics; interior policy; foreign policy; and culturalist philosophy.
#3502379 in Books Johns Hopkins University Press 1996-12-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.32 x 6.00l; 1.75 #File Name: 080185377X520 pages
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Alexandria: Second City of the Roman EmpireBy A CustomerIn this well organized and information filled study on Late Antique Alexandria; Haas presents a city second only to Rome in population(probably) which surpassed Rome in education and perhaps culture. While his title would lead you to believe that there are a lot of maps; most of the topographical references deal with intercoommunal conflict and travel systems within the city. He admits that no one really knows exactly what the city looked like since archaelogical excavations are very difficult to undertake in modern day Alexandria.The strengths of the book are in the vast amount of knowledge presented on the christian community and also in shedding new light on the intercommunal conflict. He does not take the position that intercommunal violence was the norm. My only criticisms of the book are a lack of a true bibliography; though there are extensive endnotes and also that he does not do enough with Paganism and especially Judaism in late antique Alexandria although that is mostly due to the lack of primary sources. Do not expect this book to talk about Alexandria in the wider context of Late Antiquity. Although there is some mention of Alexandria's extensive shipping industry and trading connections; most of the work deals with events that took place within Alexandria. A must have book for those interested in Late Antiquity; Roman Egypt; or Roman cities.
