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Petrov, K. (2023). Att studera politiska ismer: Den ryska nihilismen mellan rörelse och doktrin. In: Hjalmar Falk; My Klockare Linder; Petter Tistedt (Ed.), Perspektiv på politisk idéhistoria: (pp. 253-275). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att studera politiska ismer: Den ryska nihilismen mellan rörelse och doktrin
2023 (Swedish)In: Perspektiv på politisk idéhistoria / [ed] Hjalmar Falk; My Klockare Linder; Petter Tistedt, Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2023, p. 253-275Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2023
Series
Södertörn Academic Studies, ISSN 1650-433X ; 93Södertörn Studies in Intellectual and Cultural History ; 9
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-51911 (URN)978-91-89504-34-9 (ISBN)978-91-89504-35-6 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-07-05 Created: 2023-07-05 Last updated: 2023-07-05Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2015). Att förutsäga framtiden – och förlösa den: En undersökning av den postkommunistiska transitologins idéhistoria och tidsuppfattning. Nordisk Østforum, 29(4), 387-417
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att förutsäga framtiden – och förlösa den: En undersökning av den postkommunistiska transitologins idéhistoria och tidsuppfattning
2015 (Swedish)In: Nordisk Østforum, ISSN 0801-7220, E-ISSN 1891-1773, Vol. 29, no 4, p. 387-417Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, the historical roots and philosophical premises of post-communist transitology, that rose to prominence during the 1990s, are critically contextualized and analyzed from the point of view of intellectual history and political philosophy, paying attention to the development of the concept of time, and also of history, development, evolution, progress, revolution, and acceleration. The idea about regime change is accordingly reconstructed and traced through the political philosophy of Greek antiquity, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, as well as in biological thought and debate of the 19th century, in the modernization theories of the 1950s and in 1970s and 80s “transitology” dealing with Southern Europe and Latin-America. The analysis takes it point of departure in a comparison between post-communist transitology and cold war sovietology and critically assesses implications of teleology, chronocentrism and ethnocentrism.

Keywords
Transition, Transitology, Teleology, Time, Intellectual History, Sovietology, Kremlinology
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Historical Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26894 (URN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A018-2009
Available from: 2015-04-15 Created: 2015-04-15 Last updated: 2023-07-12Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2015). Kan ateister fira jul?. SANS, 5(1), 42-46
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kan ateister fira jul?
2015 (Swedish)In: SANS, ISSN 1401-8691, Vol. 5, no 1, p. 42-46Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Historical Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26031 (URN)
Available from: 2015-01-20 Created: 2015-01-20 Last updated: 2017-06-26Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2015). ’Transition’ in Hindsight: Transitology as an Object of Intellectual History. In: Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Niklas Bernsand, Eleonora Narvselius (Ed.), BEYOND TRANSITION?: MEMORY AND IDENTITY NARRATIVES IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE (pp. 11-22). Lund: Centre for European studies (CFE) at Lund university
Open this publication in new window or tab >>’Transition’ in Hindsight: Transitology as an Object of Intellectual History
2015 (English)In: BEYOND TRANSITION?: MEMORY AND IDENTITY NARRATIVES IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE / [ed] Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Niklas Bernsand, Eleonora Narvselius, Lund: Centre for European studies (CFE) at Lund university , 2015, p. 11-22Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Centre for European studies (CFE) at Lund university, 2015
Series
CFE Conference Papers Series, ISSN 1654-2185 ; 7
National Category
History of Ideas Globalisation Studies
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Historical Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24291 (URN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A018-2009
Available from: 2014-07-20 Created: 2014-07-20 Last updated: 2023-07-12Bibliographically approved
Lettevall, R. & Petrov, K. (Eds.). (2014). Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason: Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason: Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship
2014 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Since the Enlightenment, the definition of terms such as humanity, citizenship and rights has fluctuated and these ideas continue to haverelevance for contemporary discussions of globalization from a «cosmopolitan» perspective. This volume goes back to the conception ofcosmopolitanism in Greek antiquity in order to trace it through history, resulting in an unmasking of its many myths. The concept is reconstructedwith reference not only to well-known (and some lesser known) historical thinkers of cosmopolitanism, but also to noted «anti-cosmopolitans».The first aim of the book is to display historical perspectives on a discourse which has been dominated by ahistorical presumptions. Thesecond is to critically explore alternative paths beyond the Western imagination, redefining the Enlightenment legacy and the centre-peripherydichotomy. Most notably, Eastern Europe and the Arab world are integrated within the analysis of cosmopolitanism. Within a framework ofconceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte), cosmopolitan reason is criticized from the viewpoints of comparative literature, psychoanalysis,phenomenology, postcolonialism and moral philosophy.The book’s critical approach is an attempt to come to terms with the anachronism, essentialism, ethnocentrism and anthropocentrism thatsometimes underlie contemporary theoretical and methodological uses of the term «cosmopolitanism». By adding historical and contextualdepth to the problem of cosmopolitanism, a reflexive corrective is presented to enhance ongoing discussions of this topic within as well asoutside academia.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014. p. 340
Series
New Visions of the Cosmopolitan, ISSN 1664-3380 ; 2
Keywords
Cosmopolitanism, World citizenship, Critique, Critical studies, Kant
National Category
History of Ideas Philosophy
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24288 (URN)1301/42/2009 (Local ID)978-3-0343-0898-4 (ISBN)978-3-0353-0620-0 (ISBN)1301/42/2009 (Archive number)1301/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A018-2009
Available from: 2014-07-20 Created: 2014-07-20 Last updated: 2020-07-17Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2014). Det frånvarande ansiktet. SANS (2), 44-47
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Det frånvarande ansiktet
2014 (Swedish)In: SANS, ISSN 1401-8691, no 2, p. 44-47Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24293 (URN)
Available from: 2014-07-21 Created: 2014-07-21 Last updated: 2017-06-26Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2014). Från medicin till gift: Om sockrets historia och globalisering. Ny tid (25-32), 23-26
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Från medicin till gift: Om sockrets historia och globalisering
2014 (Swedish)In: Ny tid, ISSN 1456-0518, no 25-32, p. 23-26Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24294 (URN)
Available from: 2014-07-21 Created: 2014-07-21 Last updated: 2017-06-26Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2014). Kristendomens kluvna syn på självmord. SANS, 4(4), 28-33
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kristendomens kluvna syn på självmord
2014 (Swedish)In: SANS, ISSN 1401-8691, Vol. 4, no 4, p. 28-33Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24627 (URN)
Available from: 2014-09-19 Created: 2014-09-19 Last updated: 2017-06-26Bibliographically approved
Petrov, K. (2014). The Concept of Transition in Transition: Comparing the Post-Communist Use of the Concept of Transition with that found in Soviet Ideology. Baltic Worlds, 7(1), 29-41
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Concept of Transition in Transition: Comparing the Post-Communist Use of the Concept of Transition with that found in Soviet Ideology
2014 (English)In: Baltic Worlds, ISSN 2000-2955, E-ISSN 2001-7308, Vol. 7, no 1, p. 29-41Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The postcommunist concept of transition, as it was in use during the 1990s and early 2000s, is analyzed from the viewpoint of its intellectual prehistory. The concept is partly contrasted with alternative notions, partly relocated to its antithesis of communist ideology, where “transition” actually was an established concept. Via Hegel and Lenin, the concept’s logic of asymmetry and negativity is theoretically demonstrated. One thesis is that radical versions of teleological postcommunist transitology have unconsciously reproduced an essentially communist conceptualization of change that may generate new ideological biases and misconceptions. The reconstruction of the dialectics between communist and postcommunist transitology indicates and responds to a need for historical reflexivity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2014
Keywords
Transition, Transitology, Shock Therapy, Historical Materialism, Conceptual History, Hegel, Lenin, Åslund
National Category
History of Ideas Globalisation Studies
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Historical Studies; Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24289 (URN)1301/42/2009 (Local ID)1301/42/2009 (Archive number)1301/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A018-2009
Available from: 2014-07-20 Created: 2014-07-20 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Lettevall, R. & Petrov, K. (2014). Toward a Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason. In: Rebecka Lettevall, Kristian Petrov (Ed.), Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason: Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship (pp. 3-34). Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Toward a Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason
2014 (English)In: Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason: Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship / [ed] Rebecka Lettevall, Kristian Petrov, Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014, p. 3-34Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
Series
New Visions of the Cosmopolitan, ISSN 1664-3380 ; 2
Keywords
Cosmopolitanism, Critique, Critical studies, Conceptual history, Internationalism, Kant, Plato
National Category
History of Ideas
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24290 (URN)1301/42/2009 (Local ID)978-3-0353-0620-0 (ISBN)1301/42/2009 (Archive number)1301/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A018-2009
Available from: 2014-07-20 Created: 2014-07-20 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Projects
East of Cosmopolis: The world citizen and the paradox of the undocumented [A018-2009_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Gustafsson, J. (2022). Drömmen om en gränslös fred: Världsmedborgarrörelsens reaktopi, 1949-1968. (Doctoral dissertation). Möklinta: Gidlunds förlagGustafsson, J. (2022). Kosmopolit. In: Hansson, Jonas; Savin, Kristiina (Ed.), Svenska begreppshistorier: Från antropocen till åsiktskorridor (pp. 271-282). Stockholm: Fri TankeGustafsson, J. (2019). Värnpliktsvägran för världens skull: Världsmedbogarrörelsen och visionen om medborgarskap för fred. In: Anders Burman & Bosse Holmqvist (Ed.), Det lyckliga femtiotalet: sexualitet, politik och motstånd : en vänbok till Lena Lennerhed (pp. 269-284). Stockholm: Symposion Brutus Östlings bokförlagPetrov, K. (2015). Att förutsäga framtiden – och förlösa den: En undersökning av den postkommunistiska transitologins idéhistoria och tidsuppfattning. Nordisk Østforum, 29(4), 387-417Lettevall, R. (2015). En kritik av det kosmopolitiska förnuftet?: Om relevansen av Kants kosmopolitism på 2000-talet. Studier i Pædagogisk Filosofi, 4(2), 81-93Petrov, K. (2015). ’Transition’ in Hindsight: Transitology as an Object of Intellectual History. In: Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Niklas Bernsand, Eleonora Narvselius (Ed.), BEYOND TRANSITION?: MEMORY AND IDENTITY NARRATIVES IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE (pp. 11-22). Lund: Centre for European studies (CFE) at Lund universityLettevall, R. & Petrov, K. (Eds.). (2014). Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason: Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing GroupPetrov, K. (2014). The Concept of Transition in Transition: Comparing the Post-Communist Use of the Concept of Transition with that found in Soviet Ideology. Baltic Worlds, 7(1), 29-41Lettevall, R. (2014). The nature of war and the culture of peace. Eco-ethica, 3, 39-51Lettevall, R. & Petrov, K. (2014). Toward a Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason. In: Rebecka Lettevall, Kristian Petrov (Ed.), Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason: Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship (pp. 3-34). Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group
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