Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism

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Olexander Hryb. Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism

PREFACE

Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism. The Post-Soviet Cossack Revival and Ukraine’s National Security

ABBREVIATIONS

Foreword

1 Insecure Identities and the Nationalist Revival

1.1. Why is There not “a” Theory of Nationalism?

1.2. Nationalist Revival, National Identity and Security

1.3. Plan of the Study

2 Theories of Nation and National Identity: Comparing Soviet (Russian, Ukrainian) and Western Perspectives

2.1. Major Elements Within the Genesis of Nation, Ethnie, National and Ethnic Consciousness

2.1.1 “Nation”: Modernist vs. Primordialist Perspectives

2.1.2 Ethnic Community, Ethnie, Ethnos

2.1.3 National Consciousness as a Complex System of Beliefs

2.1.4 Ethnic Consciousness—Optional or Crucial?

Summary

2.2. Ethnicity and Its Place Within National Consciousness

2.2.1 Myths of National Consciousness or National Consciousness as a Myth?

2.2.2 Stereotypes and National Consciousness

Conclusions to Chapter 2

3 Nationalism and Societal Security

3.1. Nationalism, War, and Security

3.2. Security Communities and Societal Security

3.3. The Security Community of EU-NATO and the Societal Security of Ukraine

3.1.1 Presidential Election Campaigns in Ukraine (1999-2019) as Reflection of Societal Security Concerns

3.1.2 Influence of the EU-NATO Security Community Expansion on Russian-Ukrainian Relations

Conclusions to Chapter 3

4 From Soviet Ethno-Political Engineering to Ethno-Geopolitics: The Construction of a “Cossack” Nation in Ukraine, and the “Russian Civilization”

4.1. The Heritage of Soviet Ethnography and the Revival of Ethno-Geopolitics in Russia

4.2. Ethno-Geopolitics of Putin’s Eurasianism

4.2.1 What is Putin’s Eurasianism?

4.2.2 Putin’s Nationalism: Known Knowns

4.2.3 Putin’s Nationalism: Known Unknowns

4.2.4 Revival of Political Eurasianism Ideology in Russia

4.2.5 New Eurasianism: Implications and Contradictions

4.2.6 Unknown Unknowns of Putin’s Eurasianism

4.3. The Cossack Revival in Russia

4.4. The Heritage of Soviet Ethnography and Ethno-Geopolitical Discourse in Ukraine

4.5. The Cossack Revival in Ukraine

Conclusions to Chapter 4

5 The Insecurity of National Identity in Ukraine and Russia: Towards a Normative Theory of Nationalism

5.1. Nationalism as a Modern Belief System

5.2. Nationalism, Federalism and Civil Society

Summary und Conclusions of the Book

Appendix 1: The Case Study of the Black Sea Cossack Revival. Introduction

1.1. Fieldwork Methods

1.2. Phases of Fieldwork and of Fieldwork Methods Application

1.3. Evolution of Personal Identities—Shift Towards Cossack Identification

1.4. Black Sea Cossacks—Self-Image and Perception of Others

Summary

Appendix 2: Reflections of the Societal Security Concerns in the Conflict Situation Between the Two Cossack Organizations in the Black Sea Region. 2.1. Description of the Two Cossack Movements

2.2. The Origin of Conflicting Interests

2.3. Self-Perception of Parties

2.4. An Attempt to Solve the Problem

2.5. The Social Context

Summary

Appendix 3: Photo-Pictures

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