La « Russie civilisée » contre la « nation des esclaves » : mythologies élitistes et construction de frontières socialesmorales dans la Russie du début du XXIe siècle
Journal: Revue Russe
Year: 2020

The article focuses on the reproduction of a discourse opposing a liberal , “ civilized ” and pro­European minority to “the people ”, disdained as archaic, uncivil and hostile to liberal values in contemporary Russia . In the context of increasing marginalization and blatant stigmatization of liberalism in the Russian public sphere , I distinguish two key moments when this elitist discourse reached his peak : first , during the 2011­2012 anti­government mass protests and , second , in the afterm