Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands: The Politics of National Identities - Brossura

Smith, Graham

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521599687 ISBN 13: 9780521599689

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Riassunto

This book examines how national and ethnic identities are being reforged in the post-Soviet borderland states. The first chapter provides a conceptual and theoretical context for examining national identities, drawing in particular upon post-colonial theory. The rest of the book is divided into three parts. In Part I, the authors examine how national histories of the borderland states are being rewritten especially in relation to new nationalising historiographies, around myths of origin, homeland, and descent. Part II explores the ethnopolitics of group boundary construction and how such a politics has led to nationalising policies of both exclusion and inclusion. Part III examines the relationship between nation-building and language, especially with regard to how competing conceptions of national identity have informed the thinking of both political decision-takers and nationalising intellectuals, and the consequences for ethnic minorities. Such perspectives on nation-building are illustrated with substantive studies drawn from the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Belarus, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia.

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Recensione:

'... this book brings together several important aspects of nationalizing regimes, specifically the politics of history, social boundaries, and language ... this book is a breath of fresh air in the study of nationalities in the post-Soviet states. Consequently Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands is an important addition to the post-Soviet bookshelf.' Slavonic and East European Review

Descrizione del libro:

The reforging of national identities of the fourteen borderland post-Soviet states has had a major effect in reshaping the political, cultural and social lives of national and ethnic minority groups. This book analyses these national identities and explores the consequences for the borderland states.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521599687
• ISBN 13: 9780521599689
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 310