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Nationalism after Communism: Reflections on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland
Author(s) -
Szporluk Roman
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1354-5078.1998.00301.x
Subject(s) - communism , nationalism , citation , classics , political science , history , sociology , media studies , law , politics
In addressing the subject of nationalism after communism, one might do one or both of the following two things: treat the subject from 1989/91 to the present, as the title of this lecture suggests; or, understand one’s task differently and revisit the subject of nationalism before and during the communist era. What the communist and pre-communist periods can tell us about nationalism might help us to evaluate nationalism today, after communism. Since the author is relatively least ignorant about the cases of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, it is about them that I will speak today. Needless to say, this topic itself is broad, so of necessity our treatment will be crude and simplistic, and for this I must apologise in advance.