On Colonial Knowledge, Africa, and Imperial Russia

2026/03/09 by Anita Frison · 1 voice
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #African history and culture studies #Economic, Social, and Public Health Issues in Russia and Globally #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

paper · doi:10.11647/obp.0173.0289

openalex publication_date 2026/03/09 · openalex created_date 2026/03/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

It is important (and even crucial) to always put cultural and political phenomena occurring in Russia – often victim of the exceptionalist rhetoric (on the Russian side) or of othering (on the Western side) – into a wider, global context.

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