EUROPEAN BELARUS VERSUS STATE IDEOLOGY: CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATION IN THE BELARUSSIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSES

• Authors: Bekus N.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Public space of the post-communist Belarus can be viewed as a public and cultural space, where the 'struggle over identity' between the official and the oppositional political discourses takes place and where both discourses claim their right to be the only voice of genuine Belarussianness. Articles presents the study of the definitions of the political identity of major 'collective actor' of the Belarussian political sphere - 'Belarussian nation'. The image of 'Belarussianness', on which an appropriate political ideology is built upon, was obtained from the official Belarussian ideology and the oppositional political ideologies.For analytical purposes texts were selected which deal with defining the Belarussian nation, describing the national idea, designating Belarus' civilizational orientation.

Keywords

EN

NATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POST-COMMUNIST [e-mail]

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 3(163)
• Pages: 263-283
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bekus N.

• N. Bekus, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzial Lingwistyki Stosowanej i Filologii Wschodnioslowianskich, ul. Szturmowa 4, 02-678 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA054212