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Russian False Religious Accusations of Ukrainians

Open Access
|Dec 2023

Abstract

The text provides a summary of several months of research on Russian false religious accusations against Ukrainians (Satanists, Satan) and actions (de-Satanization, Holy war, Jihad). Only the essential elements required for the conceptual analysis of the insufficiency of existing explications will be presented. The extensive evidence supporting the existence, falseness, and characteristics of the accusations will be supplied where necessary for the analysis. The analysis requires certain preliminary clarifications, namely: the evidence of the existence, falseness, and other attributes of the Russian accusations (section 1), the description and analysis of the most plausible explanations regarding the motives behind the accusations (section 2), and an argument highlighting the insufficiency of these explanations, which includes logical, factual, clinical, and interpretative objections (section 3). The underlying reason for the insufficiency of explanations can be attributed to various possibilities, some of which include the peculiarity of the phenomenon itself, particularly within the context of Russia, as well as the absence of applicable models for seemingly similar contemporary and historical phenomena such as a lack of democratic practices (section 3.2).

Language: English
Page range: 52 - 73
Submitted on: Jan 5, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 31, 2023
Published on: Dec 22, 2023
Published by: University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2023 Kristijan Krkač, published by University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
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