The cult of obedience, traditional folk beliefs, orthodox Christianity, feelings of sacrifice and fantasies of salvation: About thinking that made the war against Ukraine possible.
The bewilderment in which the events of the war in Ukraine still leave us today, as Russia’s attack lasted half a year, makes us constantly look for answers to the question of how such horror can even arise in the midst of Western civilization today. In this country, analysts are struggling with the mental disposition, the culture, the literature, the language of the Russians. But with a preference for the diffuse and fantastical fascination of the “Russian soul” – which used to be marveled at, now demonized.