Inventing Majorities: Ideological Creativity in Post-Soviet Societies

The book explores the recent theoretical constructions of post-Soviet majorities, ideologies that justify them, and policy prescriptions. It analyzes the fixation on constructed majorities, symbolic self-identifications, othering, and national languages. The contributors include Natalia Kudriavtseva, Petra Colmorgen, Nadiia Koval, Ivan Gomza, Augusto Dala Costa, Roman Horbyk, Yana Prymachenko, Yuliya Yurchuk, Oleksandr Fisun, Nataliya Vinnykova, Ruslan Zaporozhchenko, Mikhail Minakov, Gulnara Shaikhutdinova, and Yurii Mielkov.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 390 pages
Publication date: 22 March 2022
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

The recent history of post-Soviet societies has been profoundly influenced by the successor nations' endeavors to geopolitically re-identify themselves and solidify specific majorities within their borders. As a consequence of these intriguing processes, a diverse range of new ideologies have emerged. While some of these ideologies are uniquely rooted in the post-Soviet context, others share similarities with ideational dynamics observed in other regions of the world. In this comprehensive collection, an international team of contributors delves into the latest theoretical frameworks that construct various post-Soviet majorities, the ideologies that justify them, and the corresponding policy prescriptions.

The first part of the book examines the fixation of post-Soviet state-builders on specific constructed majorities, as well as the symbolic self-identifications, in- or outward othering, and national languages of these imagined communities. The second part focuses specifically on post-Soviet notions of sovereigntism and the ways in which they define majorities, as well as the implications these ideas have on internal and external policies and legal systems. These processes are analyzed in comparison to similar phenomena in Western societies.

The book's contributors are:

Natalia Kudriavtseva
Petra Colmorgen
Nadiia Koval
Ivan Gomza
Augusto Dala Costa
Roman Horbyk
Yana Prymachenko
Yuliya Yurchuk
Oleksandr Fisun
Nataliya Vinnykova
Ruslan Zaporozhchenko
Mikhail Minakov
Gulnara Shaikhutdinova
Yurii Mielkov

Their insights and perspectives provide valuable contributions to our understanding of the complex dynamics shaping post-Soviet societies and the ideologies that underpin them.

Dimension: 21 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783838216416