THE DEPICTION OF “ORTHODOXY” IN POST-SOVIET SPACE: HOW VLADIMIR PUTIN USES THE CHURCH IN HIS ANTI-WESTERN CAMPAIGN

Punsara Amarasinghe ()
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Punsara Amarasinghe: Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa

Medzinarodne vztahy (Journal of International Relations), 2020, vol. 18, issue 4, 318-334

Abstract: This Article seeks to examine the Russia’s recent interest in uplifting the status of Orthodox church as a pivotal factor in the state and beyond that. Most importantly the position of Orthodox church has grown rapidly during Putin’s administration as a solacing factor to fill the gap emerged from the fall of Soviet Union. The 16th century doctrine propounded by Filofei called “Third Rome”, which profoundly portrayed Moscow as the last sanctuary of Eastern Christianity and the 19th century nationalist mantra of “Orthodoxy, Nationality and Autocracy” have been rejuvenated under Putin as new ideological path to move away from the Western influence. Especially, it has been an evident factor that ideological movement that rigidly denies Russia’s hobnobbing with the Liberal West has been rather intensified after Crimean crisis in 2014. Under this situation Putin’s usage of Orthodoxy and Russia’s spiritual legacy stand as a direct political tool expressing Russia’s uniqueness of the global affairs. This article will critically examine the historical trajectory of Orthodox church in Russia as an indicator of its distinctiveness.

Keywords: orthodox church; Russia; West; liberalism; Vladimir Putin; foreign affairs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N40 Z00 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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