In Russia, Children's Literature Becomes a Weapon of Propaganda

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Maruf Hassan
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In Russia, Children's Literature Becomes a Weapon of Propaganda

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In Russia, the cultural offer is changing under the indirect effect of the laws adopted by the deputies since February 24, 2022. This is particularly the case in the field of children's literature, where activists and specialists in cultural issues favorable to to the regime have called for restricting the access of young readers to certain books, or even for banning them, especially targeting works that would disseminate "Western values", such as those by JK Rowling . On December 13, 2022, Vladimir Putin called on the government to adopt measures that could popularize among the youth "the heroes of Russian history and folklore in accordance with traditional values". An objective immediately supported by some of the cultural policy specialists . There is a tradition in Europe of regulating children's reading by adults in order to transmit knowledge and common values ​​to the younger generation. Generally, States opt for the recommendation route: they have lists of works whose reading is recommended for children drawn up and distributed. But when children's literature becomes a weapon of propaganda, the authorities use censorship to restrict readers' access to texts which, from their point of view, threaten the dominant ideology. This is what is happening today in Russia.

Patriotic doctrine and children's books in present-day Russia From now on, the Russian policy as regards children's literature rests mainly on the idea that this one must transmit “traditional spiritual and moral values” which would be specific to Russia. Several federal laws regulate children's publishing: The Foundations of State Youth Policy in the Russian Federation by 2025 (Ordinance No. 2403-r of 29.11.2014) The Strategy for the development of education in the Russian Federation by 2025 (Ordinance No. 996-r of 29.05.2015) The State Cultural Policy Strategy for 2030 (Ordinance No. 326-r of 29.02.2016) President Putin 's Decree No. 400 “On the National Security phone number list Strategy of the Russian Federation” dated 02.07.2021) This last document defines the "traditional spiritual and moral values" as follows: "Life, dignity, human rights and freedoms, patriotism, civic sense, service to the Fatherland and responsibility for its destiny, high moral ideals, a solid family, creative work, priority of the spiritual over the material, humanism, charity, justice, collective spirit, mutual aid and respect, historical memory and the continuity of generations, the unity of the peoples of Russia.

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Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said on May 30, 2022 that the state should order more cultural products that can “preserve historical memory, instill national pride and the formation of a society mature civil society aware of the role it has to play in its development and prosperity". [ Nearly 80,000 readers trust The Conversation newsletter to better understand the world's major issues . Subscribe today ] According to the conservative view of the government, Russia has been, throughout its history, surrounded by enemies determined to destroy it. This desire to dismantle Russia would have culminated with the Second World War, which is largely reduced, in the narrative deployed by the Russian authorities, to the triumph of the USSR over German Nazism, a triumph of which present-day Russia would be the sole heir .
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