[Commlist] new book: Projecting Russia in a Mediatized World: Recursive Nationhood

Stephen Hutchings is pleased to say that the book whose publication was 
announced on this list last year (/Projecting Russia in a Mediatized 
World: Recursive Nationhood/) has now been issued in paperback form 
(_https://www.routledge.com/Projecting-Russia-in-a-Mediatized-World-Recursive-Nationhood/Hutchings/p/book/9781032201221 
<https://www.routledge.com/Projecting-Russia-in-a-Mediatized-World-Recursive-Nationhood/Hutchings/p/book/9781032201221>)._


It is also fully downloadable for free via OA agreement  at: 
_https://www.routledge.com/Projecting-Russia-in-a-Mediatized-World-Recursive-Nationhood/Hutchings/p/book/9781032201221 
<https://www.routledge.com/Projecting-Russia-in-a-Mediatized-World-Recursive-Nationhood/Hutchings/p/book/9781032201221>_


Although the book focuses primarily on the Russian case, it is grounded 
in a new account of nation-projection and mediatization more generally.


Short description below:


This book presents a new perspective on how Russia projects itself to 
the world. Distancing itself from familiar, agency-driven International 
Relations accounts that focus on what ‘the Kremlin’ is up to and why, it 
argues for the need to pay attention to deeper, trans-state processes 
over which the Kremlin exerts much less control. Especially important in 
this context is mediatization, defined as the process by which 
contemporary social and political practices adopt a media form and 
follow media-driven logics. In particular, the book emphasizes the logic 
of the feedback loop or ‘recursion’, showing how it drives multiple 
Russian performances of national belonging and nation projection in the 
digital era. It applies this theory to recent issues, events, and 
scandals that have played out in international arenas ranging from 
television, through theatre, film, and performance art, to warfare.'




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