04847nam 2200829 a 450 991014081460332120200520144314.09786155211843978-615-5211-84-3978-6-15521-184-3615-5211-84-12-8218-1519-01-283-24838-797866132483811-4416-5814-92027/heb09341(CKB)2670000000039903(OCoLC)649837711(CaPaEBR)ebrary10395999(SSID)ssj0000429020(PQKBManifestationID)11274502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429020(PQKBWorkID)10424782(PQKB)11198084(MiAaPQ)EBC3137298(MdBmJHUP)muse21343(DE-B1597)633281(DE-B1597)9786155211843(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/60161(dli)HEB09341(MiU)MIU01000000000000011663834(OCoLC)1338018760(PPN)182837289(EXLCZ)99267000000003990320100309d2010 uy 0engurcn#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStruggle over identity the official and the alternative "Belarusianness" /Nelly BekusBudapest ;New York Central European University Press20101 online resource (312 pages)963-9776-68-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.National characteristics, BelarusianNationalismBelarusPolitical cultureBelarusDemocratizationBelarusPopular cultureBelarusSocial changeBelarusPost-communismSocial aspectsBelarusBelarusSocial conditionsBelarusPolitics and governmentNational characteristics, Belarusian.NationalismPolitical cultureDemocratizationPopular cultureSocial changePost-communismSocial aspects947.8Bekus Nelly934730MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910140814603321Struggle over Identity2104883UNINA