Abstract
The material dimension of Russian foreign and domestic policy is accompanied by one of images and performativity. The Putin regime has affective-emotional and instrumental motives. Its main target audience is the Russian public. Its principal adversary is the United States. The decisive external audience is the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), a pluralist entity that is also concerned with past and present images of itself. Politics in this critical international triangle is infused with theatrical, mediatized, and psychological elements, and the (re)construction of national and individual personae.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 136-156 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Nationalities Papers |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 11 Mar 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2023 |
Bibliographical note
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- affect
- Germany
- instrumentality
- personae
- political imagery
- Russia
- USA