Glenn Diesen: Russophobia | Buch

Cover: 9789811914676 | Russophobia | Propaganda in International Politics | Glenn Diesen

Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.

Sprache: Englisch

128,39 €*

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Aktuell nicht verfügbar

Kategorien:

Der Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache verfasst.
Die Sprache der Produktbeschreibung und Details kann in Englisch angegeben sein. Sollten Sie Verständnisprobleme haben, wenden Sie sich gerne an uns.

Beschreibung

This book defines Russophobia as the irrational fear of Russia, a key theme in the study of propaganda in the West as Russia has throughout history been assigned a diametrically opposite identity as the ¿Other.¿ Propaganda is the science of convincing an audience without appealing to reason. The West and Russia have been juxtaposed as Western versus Eastern, European versus Asiatic, civilized versus barbaric, modern versus backward, liberal versus autocratic, and even good versus evil. During the Cold War, ideological dividing lines fell naturally by casting the debate as capitalism versus communism, democracy versus totalitarianism, and Christianity versus atheism. After the Cold War, anti-Russian propaganda aims to filter all political questions through the simplistic binary stereotype of democracy versus authoritarianism, which provides little if any heuristic value to understand the complexities of relations. A key feature of propaganda against the inferior ¿Other¿ is both contemptuous derision and panic-stricken fear of the threat to civilization. Russia has therefore throughout history been allowed to play one of two roles¿either an apprentice of Western civilization by accepting the subordinate role as the student and political object, or a threat that must be contained or defeated. While propaganda has the positive effect of promoting unity and mobilizing resources toward rational and strategic objectives, it can also have the negative effect of creating irrational decision-making and obstructing a workable peace.

Über den Autor

Glenn Diesen is a professor in political economy and sociology at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal. He has published eight books about Russian foreign policy, conservatism, and political economy.

Zusammenfassung

Societal relevance of how Russiagate was accepted uncritically

The benefits and costs of propaganda

Exploring the concept of propaganda

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Theorising propaganda.- Chapter 2. Stereotypes of anti-Russian propaganda. - Chapter 3. Source credibility: Herding the masses.- Chapter 4. Language and narratives in anti-Russian propaganda.- Chapter 5. Selling democracy: All nations are equal, but some are more equal than others.- Chapter 6. Russophobia against the political opposition.- Chapter 7. The conflict in Ukraine as a civilizational choice.- Chapter 8. The Syrian war and humanitarian interventionism.- Chapter 9. Propaganda and the risks from irrationality.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	viii 307 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 307 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9789811914676
ISBN-10:	9811914672
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Diesen, Glenn
Auflage:	1st ed. 2022
Hersteller:	Springer Singapore Springer Nature Singapore
Maße:	216 x 153 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Glenn Diesen
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.04.2022
Gewicht:	0,523 kg

Ähnliche Produkte