Sombre Age (Post-Communism as a “Black Hole” of Russian History)

V.B. Pastukhov

doi:10.17976/jpps/2007.03.03

Sombre Age (Post-Communism as a “Black Hole” of Russian History)

Pastukhov V.B.,

Dr. Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Prof., St. Antony’s College, Oxford, vladimir.pastukhov@gmail.com

DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2007.03.03

Rubric: Theme of the issue: Russian history and the Russian system

For citation:

Pastukhov V.B. Sombre Age (Post-Communism as a “Black Hole” of Russian History) . – Polis. Political Studies. 2007. No. 3. https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2007.03.03

Abstract

It is in the context of ideas of “new Middle Ages” that the author is carrying out his analysis of post-Communist transformations of Russian society. He reads into the “Middle Ages” notion – following J.Jacobs – first of all, a philosophical and culturological meaning of a universal historical buffer separating the dying-away of one civilization from the generation of another – at the same place. The author analyses the processes of “evolution of the chaos” of the post-Communist period, the opportunities and dangers Russia faces today and is yet about to face.