National identity in the Soviet Union and East Central Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7767161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Schöpflin (University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-14 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.1991.9993695 |
| OpenAlex | W1964009030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Nationalism has continued to play a major political role in modern European politics, despite its frequent dismissal by both liberal and Marxist ideologies. The explanation for this is not self‐evident, but lies in the affective dimension of politics at the group level, which seems best satisfied by nationalism. In the communist‐ruled countries of Central and Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union, the decay and collapse of Marxism‐Leninism revealed that nationalism has survived as a dominant political ideology, primarily because communism failed as an integrative cement. Particular patterns of nationhood and the interaction between nationalism and politics can be observed in the cases of the Soviet Union and of Hungary, each of which has found the perception of its identity modified by this interaction. The Central European idea may further modify these ideologies in the case of the latter
Aesthetics · Communism · Dismissal · Identity (music · Ideology · Marxist philosophy · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Central European national history · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2002 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |