Russophobia

Propaganda in International Politics

Glenn Diesen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

307 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-981-19-1467-6 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.05.2022
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 307 p. 1 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	981-19-1467-2 / 9811914672
ISBN-13	978-981-19-1467-6 / 9789811914676
Zustand	Neuware