Romantic nationalism in Eastern Europe [[electronic resource] ] : Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian political imaginations / / Serhiy Bilenky

• Autore: Bilenʹkyĭ Serhiĭ
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.540947
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - Europe, Eastern - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Politics and government 19th century; Europe, Eastern Intellectual life 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction: Intellectual and Sociopolitical Background; Part I: Mapping Imagined Communities: Mental Geography; 1. "From the Baltic to the Black Sea": Poland's Borders; 2. "Independent Part of the Universe": Russia's Borders; 3. "Russia's Italy," or "Between Poland and the Crimea": Ukraine's Borders; Part II: Representing Imagined Communities: Idioms of Nationality; 4. Reconsidering Nationality: Poland; 5. "Stretching the Skin of the Nation": Russia's Empire and Nationality; 6. Making One Nationality Through the Unmaking of Others: Ukraine; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the political imagination of Eastern Europe in the 1830's and 1840's, when Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian intellectuals came to identify themselves as belonging to communities known as nations or nationalities. Bilenky approaches this topic from a transnational perspective, revealing the ways in which modern Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian nationalities were formed and refashioned through the challenges they presented to one another, both as neighboring communities and as minorities within a given community. Further, all three nations defined themselves as a result of their
• Titolo autorizzato: Romantic nationalism in Eastern Europe
• ISBN: 0-8047-8056-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462449103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe.