About this episode
The episode features an interview with Jeremy Morris discussing his ethnographic research on Russian political life and public opinion.
What do Russians really think? The question is old and elusive. It is also somewhat of a tell–to pose it is to suggest there’s a coherent answer, and more so, that Russians’ collective opinions matter. For the most part, scholars have turned to history, media, opinion polls, and assumptions to untie this knot. Jeremy Morris is no different in this regard, except that he approaches his subjects with ethnography–long, multi-year conversations of residents of provincial Russia to gauge their engagement with politics locally and nationally. A kind of political biography that records the ebbs and flows of Russian provincial life. How have Russians responded to their government’s invasion of Ukraine? How do they regard the past, present, and possible future of Russia? What issues concern and motivate them to political action? The Eurasian Knot spoke to Jeremy about his new book, Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance to get an on-the-ground view of Russian political life. Guest: Jeremy Morris is Professor of Global Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. He’s the author of Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance published by Bloomsbury Academic…
People in this episode
Host: The Eurasian Knot
Guest: Jeremy Morris
Topics covered
- Russian politics
- ethnography
- public opinion
- provincial life
- government response
- political engagement
Keywords
- Russia
- politics
- ethnography
- public opinion
- Ukraine
- provincial life
- political action
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Aarhus University, Bloomsbury Academic
Books & works: Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance
Places: Russia, Ukraine
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