Struggle over identity the official and the alternative "Belarusianness"
Describes how the ethno-symbolic nation of the Belarusian nationalists, based on the cultural capital of the Golden Age of the Belarusian past (17th century) competes with the nation - institutionalized and reified by the numerous civic rituals and social practices under the auspices of the actual B...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Budapest ; New York :
Central European University Press
2010.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009438803906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Nation in theory
- Nation-formation strategies in contemporary nation-studies
- State and nation
- Nationalism, capitalism, liberalism : the East European perspective
- Nationalism and socialism : the Soviet case
- pt. 2. The rise and development of the Belarusian national idea
- The first Belarusian nationalist movement : between national and class interests
- Byelorussian republic within the Soviet state
- Post-Soviet conditions for independence
- pt. 3. Belarusian post-communism
- The election of the first Belarusian president as a mirror of Belarusian preferences
- "Labels" of the Belarusian regime
- "Triple transformation" and Belarus
- Prerequisites of democratization and authoritarianism in Belarus
- pt. 4. Arguments and paradoxes of weak Belarusian identity
- Belarus as an example of national and democratic failure
- The Russian factor in Belarusian self-perception
- The paradox of "national pride"
- Paradoxes of political and linguistic Russification
- Lack of religious basis for national unity
- pt. 5. The struggle over identity
- Two ideas of "Belarusianness" in place of "sole" national idea
- Belarusian-specific nature of the public sphere : invisible wall
- Belarusian tradition : the alternative and official historical narrations
- Political discourses of alternative Belarusianness
- National ideology of the Belarusian state as a political articulation of official Belarusianness
- pt. 6. Cultural manifestation versus social reification
- Two Belarusian approaches to the politics of identity
- "The Belarusian globe" : an encyclopedia of what existed before communism
- Belarusian National Film Misterium occupation : distancing themselves from Soviets and Russians
- Free theater : alternative Belarusianness on the stage
- Independent rock music : critical reflection and protest
- Medieval reenactors : a manifestation of Belarus's European history
- The official politics of identity : social reification strategy.
