Much of the literature on post-Soviet ideology interprets ideology as the content of state-sponsored doctrines or measures it via persistent strands in public opinion. This paper relies on a different notion: we think of societal and state perspectives as engaged with each other in a contentious dialogue that is constitutive of ideology. With this dialogic conception of ideology, this paper provides a map of Russia's ideological terrain through an analysis of the debates surrounding Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2014 filmLeviathan.We show that the film and the debates it provoked engaged with state-sponsored narratives and highlight three key themes of ideational contestation in contemporary Russian politics: authority, agency, and authenticity. An examination of these ideational battles in which provocative and resonant societal critiques challenge dominant narratives provides an original account of ideology in contemporary Russia. It also speaks to debates on civil society that have increasingly become interested in ideational politics.

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俄罗斯后苏联的意识形态地形：兹维亚金采夫的利维坦和关于权威、代理和真实性的辩论

许多关于后苏联意识形态的文献都将意识形态解释为国家支持的学说的内容，或者通过公众舆论中的持续线索来衡量它。本文依赖于一个不同的概念：我们认为社会和国家的观点在构成意识形态的有争议的对话中相互参与。凭借这种意识形态的对话概念，本文通过分析围绕安德烈·兹维亚金采夫 2014 年电影的辩论，提供了俄罗斯意识形态领域的地图利维坦。我们展示了这部电影及其引发的辩论与国家支持的叙事有关，并强调了当代俄罗斯政治中观念争论的三个关键主题：权威、代理和真实性。对这些具有挑衅性和共鸣性的社会批评挑战主流叙事的观念斗争的研究提供了对当代俄罗斯意识形态的原始描述。它还谈到了对观念政治越来越感兴趣的公民社会的辩论。