Neo-nationalist backlash against imposed Western models recurs across post-authoritarian spaces.
Evidence
Western countries followed their own playbook in the former Soviet space when they tried to transform the former Soviet states into neoliberal democracies. This worked in the countries directly bordering Europe, but it backfired in the case of Russia. Many Russians resented this neoliberal advance, and when President Vladimir Putin brought back the old nationalism with new gloves, they followed him. Something similar is happening in the Arab world. — Youssef Cherif, Neo-pan-Arabism, 55
Categorization
- XREF: Parallel to the manufactured-enemy thread: external ideological imposition generates resentment that fuels a revived internal-nationalism. — connects to: Economic globalization undermines the nation as a coherent framework, fueling closed nationalist reactions — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3167; Globalization’s disruptions trigger reactive movements defending myths of unitary national identity — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3884; Revolutions either import or reject Western culture depending on nationalism type. (+3 more)
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: does the parallel hold, or does Russia’s geography/great-power status make it the wrong comparison for Arab cases?
Related
- Postcolonial pro-Western Muslim governments were successively replaced by anti-Western ones (similarity 0.81)
- Post-Uprisings Western intervention aimed to replace pan-Arab ideology with neoliberal liberal democracy. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Economic globalization undermines the nation as a coherent framework, fueling closed nationalist reactions
#expands(0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3167 - Globalization’s disruptions trigger reactive movements defending myths of unitary national identity
#expands(0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3884 - Postcolonial pro-Western Muslim governments were successively replaced by anti-Western ones
#exemplifies(0.85) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 577 - Forced marketization reanimates ethnic and religious nationalism in post-Soviet societies.
#corroborates(0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 316 - Revolutions either import or reject Western culture depending on nationalism type.
#qualifies(0.75)