Orthodox Anti-Ecumenism 2.0: Mobilization Model, Securitization and Revanchism
https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-7203-2021-39-2-277-317
EDN: KYLKLE
Abstract
This article deals with the anti-ecumenical movement in Russian Orthodoxy, representing aspects of religious separation and isolationism. The authors analyze sociocultural and political premises, upon which this Orthodox isolationist ideology is based, including such elements as defensiveness, obsessive securitization, intertwined with revanchism, geopolitical resentment, and idealization of the Soviet past. The authors emphasize the “mobilization consciousness” — a psychological conviction that any positive transformation process in Russia might happen only in circumstances of extreme stress and the feeling of threat. The article further presents a comparison of Orthodox fundamentalists and radical right movements.
About the Authors
Boris Knorre
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra Zasyad’ko
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Knorre B., Zasyad’ko A. Orthodox Anti-Ecumenism 2.0: Mobilization Model, Securitization and Revanchism. State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide. 2021;39(2):277-317. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-7203-2021-39-2-277-317. EDN: KYLKLE
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