Mykhailo Minakov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4410402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mykhailo Minakov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mykhailo |
| FAMILY NAME | Minakov |
| SIGNATURE | MINAKOV M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0619-7321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Testament and verdict: answering three readings of The Post-Soviet Human
The Absent Sovereign and the Invisible Foundation
How can constituent power be simultaneously constrained by law and genuinely democratic? This question has haunted constitutional theory since Sieyès distinguished constituent from constituted power. This article argues that political liberalism’s attempts to resolve this paradox generate two structural aporias. First, anti-foundationalist approaches to constituent power inevitably produce an invisible foundation: normative standards like “the mo…
Kantian studies in contemporary Ukraine
Linguistic Sovereignty and the Ontology of Rights
This study investigates the rise of "linguistic sovereignty" in Eastern Europe, examining how states transform languages from communication tools into rights-bearing, legal, and ideological entities that require institutional protection. Through detailed analysis of Ukraine's institutional innovation – the state language commissioner established in 2019 – the research illustrates how post-transition states address institutional weaknesses by depl…
The Structure of Archaeological Knowledge and the Concept of Archaeological Culture
The paper deals with the concept of archaeological culture and the structure of archaeological knowledge in archaeological theory today. It aims to reconsider these basic concepts in light of the actor-network theory and integrate Ukrainian archaeological theorising into the global discourse by mobilising the theoretical advances around archaeological cultures. By doing that, we also want to contribute to the ethical and anthropocentric aspect of…
The Protest Movements’ Opportunities and Outcomes
This paper compares the mass protests in Ukraine (the Euromaidan of 2013–14) and Belarus–2020 in the recent decade. The author tests the hypothesis that social movements successfully challenge the ruling groups if protests are sufficiently supported by Western governments, if autocratic regimes are not strong and consolidated, and if the regional tendencies are supportive of the protesters’ cause. Based on the comparative analysis of the two case…
State-Building Politics after the Yugoslav and Soviet Collapse – The Western Balkans and Ukraine in a Comparative Perspective
This issue of the journal Southeastern Europe is dedicated to the comparison of political developments and state-building processes in the so-called Western \nBalkans and the Ukrainian case, which is an emblematic post-Soviet Eastern European country. As any other similar exercise, the comparative framework \nhas its own benefits and limitations. Methodologically and by content, this approach is, in fact, indubitably challenging. On the one hand,…
Demodernization
Paradise Lost. Ukraine in 1991-2012. A Review of
The article discusses the major theses of the authors of the book Ukraine Twenty Years After Independence. The author analyzes the ways scholars and intellectuals assessed Ukraine’s perspectives right before the Euromaidan. The author argues that the book represents a valuable sample of scholarly wisdom and miscalculation
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Paradise Lost. Ukraine in 1991-2012. A Review of
The article discusses the major theses of the authors of the book Ukraine Twenty Years After Independence. The author analyzes the ways scholars and intellectuals assessed Ukraine’s perspectives right before the Euromaidan. The author argues that the book represents a valuable sample of scholarly wisdom and miscalculation
State-Building Politics after the Yugoslav and Soviet Collapse – The Western Balkans and Ukraine in a Comparative Perspective
This issue of the journal Southeastern Europe is dedicated to the comparison of political developments and state-building processes in the so-called Western \nBalkans and the Ukrainian case, which is an emblematic post-Soviet Eastern European country. As any other similar exercise, the comparative framework \nhas its own benefits and limitations. Methodologically and by content, this approach is, in fact, indubitably challenging. On the one hand,…
Demodernization
The Protest Movements’ Opportunities and Outcomes
This paper compares the mass protests in Ukraine (the Euromaidan of 2013–14) and Belarus–2020 in the recent decade. The author tests the hypothesis that social movements successfully challenge the ruling groups if protests are sufficiently supported by Western governments, if autocratic regimes are not strong and consolidated, and if the regional tendencies are supportive of the protesters’ cause. Based on the comparative analysis of the two case…
The Structure of Archaeological Knowledge and the Concept of Archaeological Culture
The paper deals with the concept of archaeological culture and the structure of archaeological knowledge in archaeological theory today. It aims to reconsider these basic concepts in light of the actor-network theory and integrate Ukrainian archaeological theorising into the global discourse by mobilising the theoretical advances around archaeological cultures. By doing that, we also want to contribute to the ethical and anthropocentric aspect of…
Kantian studies in contemporary Ukraine
Linguistic Sovereignty and the Ontology of Rights
This study investigates the rise of "linguistic sovereignty" in Eastern Europe, examining how states transform languages from communication tools into rights-bearing, legal, and ideological entities that require institutional protection. Through detailed analysis of Ukraine's institutional innovation – the state language commissioner established in 2019 – the research illustrates how post-transition states address institutional weaknesses by depl…
Testament and verdict: answering three readings of The Post-Soviet Human
The Absent Sovereign and the Invisible Foundation
How can constituent power be simultaneously constrained by law and genuinely democratic? This question has haunted constitutional theory since Sieyès distinguished constituent from constituted power. This article argues that political liberalism’s attempts to resolve this paradox generate two structural aporias. First, anti-foundationalist approaches to constituent power inevitably produce an invisible foundation: normative standards like “the mo…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Economics (2 works)