2007/05/01 by Victor Shnirelman · 12 citations
Arts and Humanities · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Culinary Culture and Tourism #Paganism #Patriotism #Ethnic group #Nationalism #Ideology #Empire #Ethnic nationalism #Globalization #Gender studies #Religious studies #Sociology #Christianity #Political science #History #Anthropology #Politics #Ancient history #Philosophy #Law
paper · doi:10.1558/pome.v9i1.41
published in Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies 9(1), 41-61 (Equinox Publishing)
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The ideology of contemporary Russian Paganism is analysed as a version of nationalism, ‘nation’ being understood as a primordial ethnic community. The author reveals a mixture of Soviet ideology with fragments of folk beliefs in the contemporary Pagan outlook, which serves as a sort of patriotism after the empire has collapsed and given way to a globalization that challenges national states and ethnic communities. Hence the Russian Pagans’ main goals are to form a ‘stable ethnic community’ and to promote ethnic Russian values.