"Explains the dynamics and mechanisms behind the backlash against sex and gender based human rights in eastern Europe and the Orthodox world and shows how Russia came to assume a leadership role in the global culture wars"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Learning the Culture Wars -- CHAPTER 1 Religion: Conservative Aggiornamento and the Globalization of the Culture Wars -- CHAPTER 2 History: The Sources of Russia's Traditional-Values Conservatism -- CHAPTER 3 Intellectual Roots: The Shared Legacy of Pitirim Sorokin -- CHAPTER 4 Context: The Rise of Traditional-Values Conservatism inside Russia -- Part II Doing the Culture Wars -- CHAPTER 5 Ambitions: The Russian Orthodox Church and Its Transnational Conservative Alliances -- CHAPTER 6 Networks: Civil Society and the Rise of the Russian Christian Right -- CHAPTER 7 Strategies: The Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Discourse in a Transnational Context -- CHAPTER 8 Leadership: Russian Traditional-Values Conservatism and State Diplomacy -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index
