Scary Tales about Russia. Classics of European Russophobia and More
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Scary Tales about Russia. Classics of European Russophobia and More
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The word "Russophobia", which was almost taboo a few years ago, is now on everyone's lips. And it is not just a term, but a phenomenon that our country had to face after February 24, 2022. The Western world was literally engulfed by a pandemic of hatred towards Russia and everything Russian. You are Russian, so you are guilty. Meanwhile, the view of Russia through the lens of superiority, not just as an Other, but as an Alien, as a huge country inhabited by slavishly obedient and powerless people, ruled by a tyrant-dictator, seeking world hegemony, has its roots in antiquity. And as an integral ideology Russophobia is formalized in the XIX century, in the age of the formation of classical ideologies, public opinion and the press.
This book is not a history of Russophobia, not a generalizing theoretical work. It is a sketch, a gallery of images of Russia, compiled on the basis of analyzing the works of European authors, mainly French, who wrote about our country in the XIX century, who visited or never came here. Were they convinced Russophobes, common opportunists or just following fashionable trends? Many of the works of these authors have not been translated into Russian, so, perhaps, the reader will be interested to get acquainted with the opinion of educated Europeans of the XIX century about our country. Maybe then the metamorphoses that have occurred with today's Western politicians or philistines will not seem so surprising. After all, the same myths and stereotypes of perception are still in effect. Even in the 21st century, we remain for the West an eternal and unchanging Russia.
This book is not a history of Russophobia, not a generalizing theoretical work. It is a sketch, a gallery of images of Russia, compiled on the basis of analyzing the works of European authors, mainly French, who wrote about our country in the XIX century, who visited or never came here. Were they convinced Russophobes, common opportunists or just following fashionable trends? Many of the works of these authors have not been translated into Russian, so, perhaps, the reader will be interested to get acquainted with the opinion of educated Europeans of the XIX century about our country. Maybe then the metamorphoses that have occurred with today's Western politicians or philistines will not seem so surprising. After all, the same myths and stereotypes of perception are still in effect. Even in the 21st century, we remain for the West an eternal and unchanging Russia.
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