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Struggle over identity: the official and the alternative "Belarusianness"

Nelly Bekus c2010 © Central European University, LLC
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  • 9789639776685 (hardcover)
  • 9786155211843 (ebook)
Subject
  • European: Russia & Eastern
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  • Frontmatter
  • INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • PART I. NATION IN THEORY
    • CHAPTER 1 Nation-Formation Strategies in Contemporary Nation-Studies (page 13)
    • CHAPTER 2 State and Nation (page 27)
    • CHAPTER 3 Nationalism, Capitalism, Liberalism: The East European Perspective (page 33)
    • CHAPTER 4 Nationalism and Socialism: The Soviet Case (page 41)
  • PART II. THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BELARUSIAN NATIONAL IDEA
    • CHAPTER 5 The First Belarusian Nationalist Movement: Between National and Class Interests (page 53)
    • CHAPTER 6 Byelorussian Republic within the Soviet State (page 69)
    • CHAPTER 7 Post-Soviet Conditions for Independence (page 79)
  • PART III. BELARUSIAN POST-COMMUNISM
    • CHAPTER 8 The Election of the First Belarusian President as a Mirror of Belarusian Preferences (page 85)
    • CHAPTER 9 "Labels" of the Belarusian Regime (page 93)
    • CHAPTER 10 "Triple Transformation" and Belarus (page 99)
    • CHAPTER 11 Prerequisites of Democratization and Authoritarianism in Belarus (page 121)
  • PART IV. ARGUMENTS AND PARADOXES OF WEAK BELARUSIAN IDENTITY
    • CHAPTER 12 Belarus as an Example of National and Democratic Failure (page 133)
    • CHAPTER 13 The Russian Factor in Belarusian Self-Perception (page 139)
    • CHAPTER 14 The Paradox of "National Pride" (page 145)
    • CHAPTER 15 Paradoxes of Political and Linguistic Russification (page 151)
    • CHAPTER 16 Lack of Religious Basis for National Unity (page 157)
  • PART V. THE STRUGGLE OVER IDENTITY
    • CHAPTER 17 Two Ideas of "Belarusianness" (page 163)
    • CHAPTER 18 Belarusian-Specific Nature of the Public Sphere: "Invisible Wall" (page 169)
    • CHAPTER 19 Belarusian History: The Alternative and Official Historical Narrations (page 179)
    • CHAPTER 20 Political Discourses of the Alternative Belarusianness (page 197)
    • CHAPTER 21 National Ideology of the Belarusian State as a Political Articulation of Official Belarusuanness (page 211)
  • PART VI. CULTURAL MANIFESTATION VERSUS SOCIAL REIFICATION
    • CHAPTER 22 Two Approaches to the Politics of Identity (page 223)
    • CHAPTER 23 Belaruski Globus: An Encyclopedia of What Existed before Communism (page 227)
    • CHAPTER 24 The Belarusian National Film Misterium Occupation: Distancing Themselves from Soviets and Russians (page 229)
    • CHAPTER 25 The "Free Theatre" or the Alternative Belarusianness on Stage (page 235)
    • CHAPTER 26 Independent Rock Music: Critical Reflection and Protest (page 241)
    • CHAPTER 27 Medieval Reenactors: A Manifestation of Belarus's European History (page 253)
    • CHAPTER 28 The Official Politics of Identity: Social Reification Strategy (page 261)
  • CONCLUSION (page 277)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 283)
  • INDEX (page 303)
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