The motive of the fight against "Zionism" N.I. Kondratenko: sources, origin and reconstruction

Gusev Konstantin Dmitrievich

The article deals with the problematic issue of the origin of the motive of the "fight against Zionism" in public speeches of N.I. Kondratenko. The author reveals a complex of objective and subjective factors that determined the genesis of this phenomenon – historical premises in the Kuban and in the country, general civil and personal identity crises, the need for a publicly available explanation of the collapse of the USSR, as well as the critical state of Russia in the 1990s. The system of views of N.I. Kondratenko on the issue of the "Zionist threat" is reconstructed, its theoretical sources and actors of ideological support are revealed. A special historical model formed by the politician is reproduced, based on the actualization of the problems of the present and their translation into the past. The assessment of the "anti-Zionist" narrative of N.I. Kondratenko is carried out within the framework of the methodological concept of the conspiracy theory.

Keywords:N.I. Kondratenko, Zionism, identity crisis, Kuban, conspiracy theory, conspiracy theories.