1st Edition

Identities, Nations and Politics after Communism

Edited By Roger E. Kanet Copyright 2008
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on questions of identity that have confronted the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of the communist system that had previously provided them with an identity. This development both facilitated and necessitated a reassessment of the now independent nations’ history, orientation, symbols and identity. In some cases, new states were created without a... Read more

1 Identities and Nations in the Post-Communist World

Roger E. Kanet, University of Miami, USA

2. Are You Hungarian or Bulgarian: National and Ethnic identity in Central and Eastern Europe?

Alina Curticapean, University of Tampere, Finland

3. The Caucasian Connection: Identity Tensions in the Ballets of Aram Khachaturian

Harlow Robinson, Northeastern University, USA

4. Representing the Empire – the Meaning of Siberia for Russian Imperial Identity

Claudia Weiss, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität der Bundeswehr, Germany

5. (Re)Presenting Identity: National Archipelagos in Kazan

Aurora Álvarez Veinguer, University of Granada, Spain

6. (Re-)Construction of Collective Identities After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Russian-Speakers in Estonia

Triin Vihalemm, University of Tartu, Estonia

7. National Identity, Europeanization and Euroscepticism

Søren Riishø, University of Southern Denmark

8. National Identity and National Interests in Polish Eastern Policy, 1989– 2004

Krzysztof Fedorowicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

9. The Nature of Russia’s Identity: ‘Russia and the West’ in Post-Soviet Culture

Rosalind Marsh, University of Bath, UK

Biography

Roger E. Kanet is Professor of International Studies at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. He has published widely on communist and postcommunist Europe. His most recent publications include From Superpower to Besieged Global Power: Restoring World Order after the Failure of the Bush Doctrine (Georgia, 2008); Russia, Re-Emerging Great Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007); The New Security Environment. The Impact on Russia, Central and Eastern Europe (Ashgate, 2005); Resolving Regional Conflicts (Illinois, 1998); Post-Communist States in the World Community (Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 1998); and The Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation (Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 1997). Kanet has served as Dean of the School of International Studies at the University of Miami and earlier as Associate Vice-Chancellor and Director of International Programs and Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.