Russia between East and West

Dmitry Shlapentokh was educated in the former USSR (Moscow State University) and in the USA (Ph.D., University of Chicago). He is currently Associate Professor at Indiana University and holds teaching/research appointments in various institutions, including the Russian Research Center (Harvard University), and the Hoover Institution (Stanford University). He is the author of several books and almost a hundred articles and book chapters.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Eurasianism and Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies Dmitry ShlapentokhBibliography Chapter I: The Orient in Russian Thought at the Turn of the Century Marlène Laruelle The Genesis of Eurasianism The Turn of the Century, or the Crystallization of Discourse on the Orient Orientalist Mysticism and Theosophy in Russia Vladimir Soloviev and the Idea of Totality (Vseedinstvo)The Inheritance of Pan-Slavism: "Civilizationism" and Its Assumptions The Idea of a Third Continent: The Geographical Mission of Russia in the Orient The Orientals Movement (Vostochniki) The Mongolian Wave: The Orient and Eschatology Eschatology Reviewed by the Revolutionary PrismA New Orient to Which Revolutionary Russia Belongs The Ambiguity of the Pre-revolutionary Russian Appeal to the Orient The Genesis of Eurasianism before the Revolution The Eurasianists' Orientalism and Its Limits ConclusionBibliography Chapter II: Eurasianism as a Reaction to Pan-Turkism 39 Stephan Wiederkehr Pan-Turkism Threatening the Russian Empire? Pan-Turkism and Modernization of Russia's Muslim Turks: The Emergence of Pan-Turkism in Russia Pan-Turkism in the Ottoman Empire World War I, the Russian Revolutions, and Afterward Contemporary Perceptions of Pan-Turkism in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century Eurasian Nation-Building against the Challenge of Pan-Turkism: The Eurasian Perception of Pan-Turkism "True" and "False" Nationalism The Eurasian Point of View Conclusion Bibliography Chapter III: Karsavin and the Eurasian Movement Franoise Lesourd Eurasian C onnections Separation from the Eurasian Movement Soviet Experience Russian Culture and Religion Theory of Culture Revolution The New Russian State Conclusion Bibliography Chapter IV: Absolutism and Authority in Eurasian Ideology: Karsavin and Alekseev Ryszard Paradowski Karsavin's Philosophy Theory of the State Alekseev and the Eurasians Bibliography Chapter V: From Rejection to Attempts at Reconciliation: Poles and the Interwar Eurasian Movement Roman Barker Interwar Russian Emigration and Polish Public Opinion Interest in Eurasianism in Poland Kazimierz Czapifiski Manan Zdziechowski Manan Uzdowski Petr Savitskii and Przeglad WspolczesnyPolish Secret Service: Naive Illusions and Brutal Assessments Poles and Eurasians, Interests and StereotypesBibliography Chapter VI: Anti-Semitism in Eurasian Historiography: The Case of Lev Gumilev Vadim RossmanThe Jews in Ethnic History Judeo-Khazaria: "A Disaster for the Aboriginals of Eastem Europe" Judaism in Relation to Christianity and Islam Judeo-Khazaria and Russia The Jews and the Nomads: The Khazar Origins of the Eastern European Jews Discussion of Gumilev's Theory by Russian Nationalists Neo-Eurasianism: Leviathan, Behemoth, and the Jews The “Jewish Question" in Classical Eurasianism The Jews in Neo-Eurasianism Anacus and Hostis: Fax Euroasiatica and Its Mystical Antipode Eurasianism versus Atlanticism Tradition and Counter-Tradition The Jews and the Crisis of the Modern World The "Enlightened" Science of Conspirology Nuremberg versus Auschwitz The Muslim World, Israel, and the Conservative Revolution Bibliography Conclusion Diniky ShlapentokhBibliography Index