Moralist International - Russia in the Global Culture Wars

"Explains the dynamics and mechanisms behind the backlash against sex and gender based human rights in eastern Europe and the Orthodox world and shows how Russia came to assume a leadership role in the global culture wars"--

List of contents

Preface | vii

Introduction | 1

PART I: LEARNING THE CULTURE WARS

1 Religion: Conservative Aggiornamento and the Globalization of the Culture Wars | 17

2 History: The Sources of Russia's Traditional-Values Conservatism | 29

3 Intellectual Roots: The Shared Legacy of Pitirim Sorokin | 50

4 Context: The Rise of Traditional-Values Conservatism inside Russia | 66

PART II: DOING THE CULTURE WARS

5 Ambitions: The Russian Orthodox Church and Its Transnational Conservative Alliances | 87

6 Networks: Civil Society and the Rise of the Russian Christian Right | 103

7 Strategies: The Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Discourse in a Transnational Context | 126

8 Leadership: Russian Traditional-Values Conservatism and State Diplomacy | 136

Epilogue | 153

Acknowledgments | 157

Bibliography | 159

Index | 193

About the author

Kristina Stoeckl and Dmitry Uzlaner

Product details

• Authors: Kristina Stoeckl, Kristina Uzlaner Stoeckl, Kristina/ Uzlaner Stoeckl, Dmitry Uzlaner
• Assisted by: Aristotle Papanikolaou (Editor), Ashley M Purpura (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781531502157
• ISBN: 978-1-5315-0215-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought; Orthodox Christianity and Cont
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education