The Sword and the Violin: Aesthetics of Russia’s Security Policy

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dc.contributor"European Union (EU)" and "Horizon 2020"
dc.contributor.authorMakarychev, Andrey
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-18T07:49:01Z
dc.date.available2018-04-18T07:49:01Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe article addresses the sphere of performing arts as part of Russia’s security policy and, in particular, its propaganda dimensions. The authors approach cultural representations as appeals to universal norms rather than to national interests and in this respect focus on two specific cases of aestheticization of military force applied beyond the national borders of the Russian Federation — in Georgia in August 2008 and in Syria since September 2015. These cases are comparable with each other, since the external projections of Russia’s hard power were accompanied by similar cultural gestures — namely, public concerts of classical music performed by the world-famous Valery Gergiev’s Mariinsky Theater in two sites controlled by Russian troops, Tskhinvali and Palmyra. The article argues that the Russian government uses two strategies of aestheticizing its military missions — mimetic (implying the closest possible correspondence to reality) and aesthetic (based on imageries), though the distinction between the two is not always well fixed.et
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10062/59749
dc.language.isoenget
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/691818///UPTAKEet
dc.relation.ispartofThe Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Volume 30, 2017 - Issue 4, p. 543-560.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesset
dc.subjectRussiaet
dc.subjectcultural diplomacyet
dc.subjectsoft poweret
dc.subjectSyriaet
dc.subjectVenemaa kultuuridiplomaatiaet
dc.subjectpehme jõudet
dc.subjectSüüriaet
dc.titleThe Sword and the Violin: Aesthetics of Russia’s Security Policyet
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleet

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