Il nation-building in Russia: una strategia orientata sui valori

Pål Kolstø

Abstract


Originariamente pubblicato nel 2004 come introduzione al libro Nation-Building and Common Values in Russia, curato dall’autore, questo saggio analizza come nei primi anni della presidenza Putin la Federazione Russa abbia proseguito sulla strada tracciata da El’cin della costruzione di un’identità nazionale civica panrussa, ma abbia altresì tentato un nuovo approccio (non privo di tensioni e contraddizioni interne), incentrando il processo di nation-building panrusso su dei valori ritenuti comuni a tutta la cittadinanza russa, alcuni dei quali descritti come «universali», altri come «specificamente russi». Basandosi su una indagine condotta in alcune regioni particolarmente rappresentative della Russia, il saggio analizza le precondizioni e lo svolgersi di tale processo di costruzione nazionale, focalizzandosi sulle complesse interazioni tra nation-building statale e regionale, state-building e consolidamento etnico, tenendo conto non solo degli orientamenti delle élite, ma anche della reazione delle masse.

 

Originally published in 2004 as an introduction to the volume Nation-Building and Common Values in Russia, edited by the author himself, this essay analyzes how in the early years of Putin’s presidency the Russian Federation continued towards the construction of a civic, all-Russian national identity along the path traced by Yeltsin, but it also tried a new approach (characterized by internal tensions and contradictions) which centred all-Russian nation-building on some common values allegedly shared by all Russian citizens, some of which were deemed «universal», while some others were described as «Russian». On the basis of a survey carried out in some particularly representative regions of Russia, the essay analyzes the preconditions and the unfolding of this nation-building process, focusing on the complex interactions among state-centred and regional nation-building, state-building and ethnic consolidation, taking into account not only the elites’ attitudes, but also the masses’ responses.


Parole chiave


Russia; nation-building; nazionalismo russo; regionalismo; state-building; consolidamento etnico; Russia; nation-building; Russian nationalism; regionalism; state-building; ethnic consolidation

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