A “Chechen Syndrome”? Russian Veterans of the Chechen War and the Transposition of War Violence to Society

Huérou, Anne Le; Sieca-Kozlowski, Élisabeth

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“…As for the incorporation of veterans from Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, the Chechen wars into patriotic activities, this can also be seen as serving a double mission: the stated one of protecting young people from social ills such as delinquency and drug or alcohol addiction by showing them the right path; and at the same time offering the same protection to the veterans themselves, preventing them from adopting deviant or dangerous behaviour and providing them with a social and moral mission (Sieca-Kozlowski 2010, p. 75;Le Huérou & Sieca-Kozlowski 2012).…”

Section: Patriotism As Moral and Spiritual Rehabilitation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Where Does the Motherland Begin? Private and Public Dimensions of Contemporary Russian Patriotism in Schools and Youth Organisations: A View from the Field

Huérou

2015

Europe-Asia Studies

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International audienceRelying primarily on field research in the Siberian city of Omsk, this essay analyses a variety of ways in which state patriotic terminology is used by individuals and groups through the study of organisations and activities that deploy the patriotic label, such as schools, museums, youth clubs, and summer camps. Analysis based on field work suggests that although patriotism includes a basic consensus about the homeland, a clue to the success of the concept is its capacity to be appropriated, distorted, or embedded in diverse understandings and practices. Easily ‘captured’ by different actors according to their needs and goals, patriotism also appears to be deeply rooted in the personal and the private. Everyday patriotism is thus far from being reduced to its top-down or official dimension. While patriotism is a tool that officials efficiently use to promote their political goals, it is also a symbolic resource that Russian society uses in its attempts to reformulate a new collective identity

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Section: Patriotism As Moral and Spiritual Rehabilitation?mentioning

confidence: 99%