Talk:Russophilia

Is this a proper noun? Russophilia or russophilia? Russophilic or russophilic? — This unsigned comment was added by 2601:200:4000:b912:3094:9ceb:8f12:adb6 (talk).

• It's a noun. But it is normally capitalised - the two things don't always go together. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:56, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

"Russophilia" or "Russophilic" used for "pro-Russian interests"

I noticed that "Russophilic" is sometimes used to refer to political parties that support Russian political interests, especially the 2022 invasion of Ukraine; rather than simply Russian people or culture. Is it alright to add this definition: "supportive of Russian political interests"?

PulauKakatua19 (talk) 05:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@PulauKakatua19: No, this is just implicative of methodological individualism of the speaker. People have an intuitive understanding that cultural and political socialization causes expression of political preferences, and the current policy of the Russian nation-state relatively heavily – you cannot overstate this – makes political hay from it by further enriching it with identity politics (in spite of framing it as a Western vice), in comparison to Germanophilia over the world during 1939–1945, which was, albeit practical, of no relevance to the Nazi ideology. So Russophilia in this context is not an essential understanding but metonymical for adverse reaction to foreign policy shifts. The same person who psychologizes and—correctly—pathologizes support of Russian political interests will not at the same time reckon it a serious ideology. Even the definition you gave can be reduced by rethinking where the “support” comes from: strong interest or admiration rather than intellectual effort, so you see how it is more superfluous than clarificatory. Fay Freak (talk) 12:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

So this definition is unnecessary. Thank you for clarifying! PulauKakatua19 (talk) 14:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)