The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism

with cultural practices or identities that offer their own meaningful answers to major normative questions. In Russia’s case, similar contradictions are evident in the proposed “alternative” to the unipolar order; namely, the notion that Russia can supposedly protect the self-determination of the “periphery” from U.S. domination through its own military interventions and territorial acquisitions (71, 200). Given recent debates about the links between ideological views in Russia and the state’s international policies, Chebankova’s work is timely. As she indicates, some may take exception to the categorizations underlying her analysis, such as her decision to exclude fascism from her list of major ideological tendencies. Yet the analysis itself provides a rich foundation on which to raise further questions about how best to understand right-wing ideologies that have grown more prominent in Russia and the West. The book helps clarify the nuances of the country’s domestic politics, emphasizing the ideological commitments, divergences, and competitions that shape Russian politics from within, among those both aligned and opposed to Putin’s leadership. As a result, Chebankova complicates images of Russia as merely totalitarian or kleptocratic, revealing more intricate lines of ideological contest than one might expect from an outside perspective.