New Threats, Old Challenges: Understanding Roman Imperialism in Post-Soviet Russia
Journal: Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal
Year: 2022

Russian scholars who want to study the Roman Empire, its provinces, and theoretical aspects of Roman imperialism face issues such as the notable disfavour for theoretical re-thinking and debate (a striking contrast to Western academia). This has largely been determined by specific features of Russian academic tradition that have seen it distance from an anti-imperialist and Marxist political tool towards a neutral space that is anti-ideology with a bias against ‘hot’ topics. Other problems are c