Struggle over Identity
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Struggle over Identity

The Official and the Alternative "Belarusianness"

  1. 313 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Struggle over Identity

The Official and the Alternative "Belarusianness"

About this book

Rejecting the cliché about "weak identity and underdeveloped nationalism, " Bekus argues for the co-existence of two parallel concepts of Belarusianness—the official and the alternative one—which mirrors the current state of the Belarusian people more accurately and allows for a different interpretation of the interconnection between the democratization and nationalization of Belarusian society.

The book 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 Belarusian state.

Comparing the two concepts not only provides understanding of the logic that dominates Belarusian society's self-description models, but also enables us to evaluate the chances of alternative Belarusianness to win this unequal struggle over identity.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. Introduction
  6. PART I. NATION IN THEORY
  7. PART II. THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BELARUSIAN NATIONAL IDEA
  8. PART III. BELARUSIAN POST-COMMUNISM
  9. PART IV. ARGUMENTS AND PARADOXES OF WEAK BELARUSIAN IDENTITY
  10. PART V. THE STRUGGLE OVER IDENTITY
  11. PART VI. CULTURAL MANIFESTATION VERSUS SOCIAL REIFICATION
  12. Conclusion
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index
  15. back cover