From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War
This article aims to analyze religious and mystical elements contained in Putin’s public statements by referring to selected examples characteristic of contemporary Russian identity politics. In order to demonstrate the importance of religious and mystical threads in Putin’s speeches, we chose five...
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| author | Marcin Składanowski Cezary Smuniewski |
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This article aims to analyze religious and mystical elements contained in Putin’s public statements by referring to selected examples characteristic of contemporary Russian identity politics. In order to demonstrate the importance of religious and mystical threads in Putin’s speeches, we chose five specific cases. The analysis of these statements indicates that religious and mystical motifs in Putin’s language are an attempt at self-creation for the purpose of domestic policy. We claim that this self-creation is more of an effort to strengthen Putin’s public support than proof that he borrows patterns for shaping Russia’s political life from the Russian religious and political tradition. Putin’s rhetoric is not so much a desire for an axiological renewal of Russian politics but an attempt to search for the new legitimization of the power system he created in confrontation with the West.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7510274a573a4c00a86ee6aa7de9f06a2023-01-02T12:50:52ZdeuThe John Paul II Catholic University of LublinVerbum Vitae1644-85612451-280X2022-12-0140410.31743/vv.13850From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for WarMarcin Składanowski0Cezary Smuniewski1The John Paul II Catholic University of LublinUniversity of Warsaw This article aims to analyze religious and mystical elements contained in Putin’s public statements by referring to selected examples characteristic of contemporary Russian identity politics. In order to demonstrate the importance of religious and mystical threads in Putin’s speeches, we chose five specific cases. The analysis of these statements indicates that religious and mystical motifs in Putin’s language are an attempt at self-creation for the purpose of domestic policy. We claim that this self-creation is more of an effort to strengthen Putin’s public support than proof that he borrows patterns for shaping Russia’s political life from the Russian religious and political tradition. Putin’s rhetoric is not so much a desire for an axiological renewal of Russian politics but an attempt to search for the new legitimization of the power system he created in confrontation with the West. https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vv/article/view/13850RussiaVladimir PutinRussian Orthodox Churchchurch and stateRussian neo-conservatism |
| spellingShingle | Marcin Składanowski Cezary Smuniewski From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War Verbum Vitae Russia Vladimir Putin Russian Orthodox Church church and state Russian neo-conservatism |
| title | From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War |
| title_full | From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War |
| title_fullStr | From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War |
| title_short | From Desecularization to Sacralization of the Political Language: Religion and Historiosophy in Vladimir Putin’s Preparations for War |
| title_sort | from desecularization to sacralization of the political language religion and historiosophy in vladimir putin s preparations for war |
| topic | Russia Vladimir Putin Russian Orthodox Church church and state Russian neo-conservatism |
| url | https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vv/article/view/13850 |
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