![]() | Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe Subjects: Area Studies; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; Anthropology - Soc Sci; Sociology & Social Policy; European Cultural Studies; Asian Studies (General); Regional Anthropology; Race & Ethnic Studies; This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, developed a new ideology of their place in the world. Drawing on post-colonial theory and on identity discourses in the writings of local intelligentsia figures, the book shows how people in these countries no longer think of themselves as part of the "east", and how they have invented new stereotypes of the countries to the east of them, such as Ukraine and Belarus, to which they see themselves as superior. The book demonstrates how there are a whole range of ideologies of "eastness", how these have changed over time, and how such ideologies impact, in a practical way, relations with countries further east. Tomasz Zarycki is an Associate Professor and Director of the Robert Zajonc Institute of Social Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland |
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