Through careful and insightful analysis of the lives and ideas of these Eurasianists, Glebov provides new perspectives on the Russian, European, and Asian influences that informed their thinking, how they argued over concepts, and how they dealt with the continuing existence of the Soviet state and, ultimately, fell apart. . . . Highly recommended.
CHOICE ... Read more This book is a long-awaited culmination of several years of articles and, most recently, a Russian-language collection of annotated documents on the history of one of the most fascinating intellectual movements to emerge from the Russian post-revolutionary emigration. The tragic conclusion to Glebov's story reads like a genuine tale of espionage.
Mark von Hagen, coeditor of The Empire and Nationalism at War There could be no better time to publish a book on Eurasianism
a proto-fascist ideology elaborated by Russian migr s of the 1920s
since today's Russia has seen a surge in the popularity of nationalist, illiberal, and even totalitarian ideas, sometimes loosely identified with Eurasianism. Glebov's book stands out as a major contribution to the field. He offers the most comprehensive and systematic analysis of Eurasianism, and he undertakes it from a new perspective, spanning a wide spectrum of Eurasianist ideas and representing their ideology as a dynamic interrelation of concurrent positions and temporary allegiances shifting over time.
Olga Maiorova, University of Michigan While earlier studies have covered much of the same territory, Glebov's work stands out by virtue of the depth and the sophistication of its analysis. Perhaps most notable is the author's determination to contextualize Eurasianism by mapping it firmly onto the multiple intellectual, cultural, and political milieux
Russian as well as West European
out of which it developed.
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