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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Equating the other with evil: what russkii mir and right-wing populism have in common
Contributor:
Van der Tol, Marietta
Published:
Eastern European Institute of Theology, 2023
Published in:
Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, 20 (2023) 2, Seite 31-36
Language:
Not determined
DOI:
10.29357/2789-1577.2022.20.2.2
ISSN:
2789-1577;
2789-1569
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>This essay explores the concept of evil in right-wing populism and the ideology of the Russian World (russkii mir) ideology. At face value, right-wing ideology and the russki mir ideology may seem very different. They currently have different expressions in Ukraine, especially as the idea of the Russian World is used to window-dress Putin’s geo-political aggression. At the root however, right-wing populism and the Russian World ideology share something that is deeply problematic: namely, that these ideologies equate the other with evil.
This article has built on conversations at the conference “Christian Identity in National, Transnational and Local Space: Perspectives from Protestantism, Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism” held at the University of Oxford, 4-5 April 2022. This conference is part of the Protestant Political Thought project, sponsored by the Harold C. Smith Foundation.</jats:p>