Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism : New Directions in Cross-Cultural and Post-Communist Studies / Taras Kuzio, Paul R Magocsi, Andreas Umland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuzio, Taras, Author.

Contributor:

Magocsi, Paul R., Author of introduction, etc.

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 71.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Cross-cultural studies.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--Former Soviet republics--Case studies.

Post-communism--Cross-cultural studies.

Post-communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2014

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

The author:Dr. Taras Kuzio is a Research Associate at George Washington University, and author or editor of, among numerous other publications, ten scholarly books.The author of the foreword:Prof. Paul Robert Magocsi holds the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto.

Summary:

This volume brings together 15 articles divided into four sections on theoretical and comparative studies, the role of nationalism in transitions to democracy, the application of theory to case studies, and the role played by history and myths in the forging of national identities and nationalisms. The book develops new theories and frameworks through engaging with leading scholars of nationalism: Hans Kohn’s propositions are discussed in relation to an applicability of the term ‘civic’ (with no ethno-cultural connotations) to liberal democracies, Rogers Brubaker over the usefulness of dividing European states into ‘civic’ and ‘nationalising’ states when the former have historically been ‘nationalisers’, Will Kymlicka on the applicability of multiculturalism to post-communist states, and Paul Robert Magocsi on the lack of surveys and census data to support claims of revivals by national minorities in Ukraine. The book also engages with ‘transitology’ over the usefulness of comparative studies of transitions in regions that underwent only political reforms, and those that had ‘quadruple transitions’ implying simultaneous democratic and market reforms, as well as state and nation building. A comparative study of Serbian and Russian diasporas focuses on why ethnic Serbs and Russians living outside Serbia and Russia reacted differently to the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR. The book takes to task experts of Russian and Soviet history who continue to utilize imperial frameworks of history, analyzes the re-writing of Ukrainian history within post-colonial theories, and discusses the forging of Ukraine’s identity within theories of ‘Others’ as central to the shaping of identities. Finally, it offers a new framework of study of Ukrainian ethnic relations designed to be an alternative to the continued use of ‘nationalism’ in a Soviet manner in which nationalism in Ukraine is solely defined as a West Ukrainian phenomenon.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Foreword""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""I COMPARATIVE and THEORETICAL NATIONALISM""; ""1 The Myth of the Civic State: A Critical Survey of Hans Kohn�s Framework for Understanding Nationalism""; ""2 �Nationalising States� or Nation-Building? A Critical Review of the Theoretical Literature and Empirical Evidence""; ""3 Western Multicultural Theory and Practice and its Applicability to the Post-Soviet States""; ""II NATIONALISM and DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION""; ""4 Transition in Post-Communist States: Triple or Quadruple?""; ""5 The National Factor in Ukraine�s Quadruple Transition""

""6 National Identity and Democratic Transition in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Belarus: A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective""""7 Ukraine�s Post-Soviet Transition: A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective""; ""III COUNTRY CASE STUDIES OF NATIONALISM""; ""8 Russians and Russophones in the Former USSR and Serbs in Yugoslavia: A Comparative Study of Passivity and Mobilization""; ""9 Nationalism in Ukraine: Towards a New Theoretical and Comparative Framework""; ""10 Identity and Nation-Building in Ukraine: Defining the �Other�""; ""11 Rusyns in Ukraine: Between Fact and Fiction""

""IV HISTORY and NATIONALISM""""12 Historiography and National Identity among the Eastern Slavs: Towards a New Framework""; ""13 History, Memory and Nation Building in the Post-Soviet Colonial Space""; ""14 Nation-Building, History Writing and Competition over the Legacy of Kyiv Rus in Ukraine""; ""15 National Identity and History Writing in Ukraine""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783838258157

3838258150

Publisher Number:

9783838258157