The aim of the article is to identify the main features of the approach of historical thought of ... more The aim of the article is to identify the main features of the approach of historical thought of the sixteenth century, first and foremost that of Spain, to the question of the origin of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In general, this problem remains poorly studied in recent historiography (with the exception of the works of Lee Huddleston and Vladimir Acosta), although it is associated with one of the most important aspects of European understanding of the reality of the New World, not yet known to them, whether it be ethnic, spatial, historical. The main task of the author is to try to explain the fact that the study of the origin of the Indians, despite the abundance of various theories (Phoenician, Carthaginian, Hebrew, Ophirian, etc.), remained on the periphery of interest of European writers and thinkers throughout the sixteenth century. To answer this question, the author analyses the writings of some Renaissance writers (Fernando Colón, Cabello Balboa, José de Acost...
The Presidentialization of Political Parties in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazak... more The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan- , shows that in each of these states, party politics gradually became a prisoner of presidential personalist regimes, albeit in varying degrees.
The Presidentialization of Political Parties in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, 2023
The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazak... more The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan- , shows that in each of these states, party politics gradually became a prisoner of presidential personalist regimes, albeit in varying degrees.
The article explores how Rwandan history and its pivotal events are interpreted by Colonel Théon... more The article explores how Rwandan history and its pivotal events are interpreted by Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, one of the chief instigator and mastermind of the 1994 genocide. It argues that this interpretation is shaped entirely by Bagosora’s politico-ideological goals and intentions. His approach is based on the binary black-and-white ethnicized vision of national history and it is tainted by racial and ethnic prejudices. By viewing history in this way, Bagosora tries to justify the mass killing of the Tutsis in April–July 1994 and to absolve himself and other extremist Hutu leaders of responsibility for one of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind. The historical arguments he developed and systematized have become the basis of all subsequent attempts to deny, minimize or justify the 1994 genocide.
This book, written by Marina Glaser and Ivan Krivushin, aims at explaining one of the most import... more This book, written by Marina Glaser and Ivan Krivushin, aims at explaining one of the most important features characterizing contempo- rary Russia: the development of a vertical power. In doing so, the authors apply a different cultural, traditional, historical and geographical variables in determining the Russian structure of power. In recent literature, the main analyses have focused on the institutional setting that paved the way to the centralization of power in Moscow, with little reference to the role of social and cultural cleavages in shaping Putin’s Russia. The purpose of this work is to study the capital of Russia, the city of Moscow, as a space of the political, with emphasis on the opposi- tions in the country—capital and power, and Russia, Moscow and the Kremlin. The key questions are: to what extent can one trace the influ- ence of Russia’s population (regions) and the inhabitants of the capital itself on the processes taking place in Moscow? Where is the limit of such influence? And how can Russia’s paradoxes (Sakwa 2020) and the cultural legacies of the past be better understood? In this regard, I shall outline the operational notions and terms.
The aim of the article is to identify the main features of the approach of historical thought of ... more The aim of the article is to identify the main features of the approach of historical thought of the sixteenth century, first and foremost that of Spain, to the question of the origin of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In general, this problem remains poorly studied in recent historiography (with the exception of the works of Lee Huddleston and Vladimir Acosta), although it is associated with one of the most important aspects of European understanding of the reality of the New World, not yet known to them, whether it be ethnic, spatial, historical. The main task of the author is to try to explain the fact that the study of the origin of the Indians, despite the abundance of various theories (Phoenician, Carthaginian, Hebrew, Ophirian, etc.), remained on the periphery of interest of European writers and thinkers throughout the sixteenth century. To answer this question, the author analyses the writings of some Renaissance writers (Fernando Colón, Cabello Balboa, José de Acost...
The Presidentialization of Political Parties in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazak... more The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan- , shows that in each of these states, party politics gradually became a prisoner of presidential personalist regimes, albeit in varying degrees.
The Presidentialization of Political Parties in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, 2023
The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazak... more The analysis of the political systems of the three post-Soviet states— Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan- , shows that in each of these states, party politics gradually became a prisoner of presidential personalist regimes, albeit in varying degrees.
The article explores how Rwandan history and its pivotal events are interpreted by Colonel Théon... more The article explores how Rwandan history and its pivotal events are interpreted by Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, one of the chief instigator and mastermind of the 1994 genocide. It argues that this interpretation is shaped entirely by Bagosora’s politico-ideological goals and intentions. His approach is based on the binary black-and-white ethnicized vision of national history and it is tainted by racial and ethnic prejudices. By viewing history in this way, Bagosora tries to justify the mass killing of the Tutsis in April–July 1994 and to absolve himself and other extremist Hutu leaders of responsibility for one of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind. The historical arguments he developed and systematized have become the basis of all subsequent attempts to deny, minimize or justify the 1994 genocide.
This book, written by Marina Glaser and Ivan Krivushin, aims at explaining one of the most import... more This book, written by Marina Glaser and Ivan Krivushin, aims at explaining one of the most important features characterizing contempo- rary Russia: the development of a vertical power. In doing so, the authors apply a different cultural, traditional, historical and geographical variables in determining the Russian structure of power. In recent literature, the main analyses have focused on the institutional setting that paved the way to the centralization of power in Moscow, with little reference to the role of social and cultural cleavages in shaping Putin’s Russia. The purpose of this work is to study the capital of Russia, the city of Moscow, as a space of the political, with emphasis on the opposi- tions in the country—capital and power, and Russia, Moscow and the Kremlin. The key questions are: to what extent can one trace the influ- ence of Russia’s population (regions) and the inhabitants of the capital itself on the processes taking place in Moscow? Where is the limit of such influence? And how can Russia’s paradoxes (Sakwa 2020) and the cultural legacies of the past be better understood? In this regard, I shall outline the operational notions and terms.
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