Russia as Central Europe's Constituting Other
Russia as Central Europe's Constituting Other
Author(s): Iver B. NeumannSubject(s): Political history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Geopolitics, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Central Europe; Russia; identity; supranational identity; geopolitics; region-building; postwar era; European identity;
Summary/Abstract: Identity is often treated as a possession of a person or a human collective. It is a time-honored and time-consuming preoccupation of the human species to discuss what it is they have that others lack, what constitutes that specific identity that makes chem into what they are. Since the goal is ostensibly to penetrate to the core of a person's or a collective's existence-to the heart, soul, roots, raison d'etre-these debates are always versatile, colorful, and also highly serious affairs. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 07/1993
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 349-369
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
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