Eastern and Central European ethnicism in light of Western studies on nation and nationalism

• Authors: Poniedziałek Jacek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to critically analyze the binary concept of civic nations represented by the civic communities of Western Europe and ethnic groups living in Central and Eastern Europe. The works of Ernest Gellner and John Breuilly were selected for research because they have used the indicated concept in their texts, and have become an inspiration for many researchers of national issues. The former represents a deterministic trend of sociological inquiries, the latter – social constructivism. Due to the above, they are representative examples of academic reflection on national issues widespread in Western European thought. The research proposes to reject the binary model in which civil nations were characterized as rational and striving for consensus communities and ethnic groups as irrational communities striving for conflict. The analytical model characterizing nations as political and ethnic communities was proposed instead of it.

Keywords

EN

civil and ethnic nations; nations of Central and Eastern Europe; Ernest Gellner; John Breuilly; studies on nation and nationalism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 111–126

Dates

published

2022-06-30

Contributors

author

Poniedziałek Jacek

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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ISSN

2081–1128