Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism : The Post-Soviet Cossack Revival and Ukraine’s National Security.

Intro -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Foreword -- 1 Insecure Identities and the Nationalist Revival -- 1.1. Why is There not "a" Theory of Nationalism? -- 1.2. Nationalist Revival, National Identity and Security -- 1.3. Plan of the Study -- 2 Theories of Nation and National Identity: Comparing Soviet (Russian, Ukrainian) and Western Perspectives -- 2.1. Major Elements Within the Genesis of Nation, Ethnie, National and Ethnic Consciousness -- 2.1.1 "Nation": Modernist vs. Primordialist Perspectives -- 2.1.2 Ethnic Community, Ethnie, Ethnos -- 2.1.3 National Consciousness as a Complex System of Beliefs -- 2.1.4 Ethnic Consciousness-Optional or Crucial? -- 2.2. Ethnicity and Its Place Within National Consciousness -- 2.2.1 Myths of National Consciousness or National Consciousness as a Myth? -- 2.2.2 Stereotypes and National Consciousness -- Conclusions to Chapter 2 -- 3 Nationalism and Societal Security -- 3.1. Nationalism, War, and Security -- 3.2. Security Communities and Societal Security -- 3.3. The Security Community of EU-NATO and the Societal Security of Ukraine -- 3.1.1 Presidential Election Campaigns in Ukraine (1999-2019) as Reflection of Societal Security Concerns -- 3.1.2 Influence of the EU-NATO Security Community Expansion on Russian-Ukrainian Relations -- Conclusions to Chapter 3 -- 4 From Soviet Ethno-Political Engineering to Ethno-Geopolitics: The Construction of a "Cossack" Nation in Ukraine, and the "Russian Civilization" -- 4.1. The Heritage of Soviet Ethnography and the Revival of Ethno-Geopolitics in Russia -- 4.2. Ethno-Geopolitics of Putin's Eurasianism -- 4.2.1 What is Putin's Eurasianism? -- 4.2.2 Putin's Nationalism: Known Knowns -- 4.2.3 Putin's Nationalism: Known Unknowns -- 4.2.4 Revival of Political Eurasianism Ideology in Russia -- 4.2.5 New Eurasianism: Implications and Contradictions.

4.2.6 Unknown Unknowns of Putin's Eurasianism -- 4.3. The Cossack Revival in Russia -- 4.4. The Heritage of Soviet Ethnography and Ethno-Geopolitical Discourse in Ukraine -- 4.5. The Cossack Revival in Ukraine -- Conclusions to Chapter 4 -- 5 The Insecurity of National Identity in Ukraine and Russia: Towards a Normative Theory of Nationalism -- 5.1. Nationalism as a Modern Belief System -- 5.2. Nationalism, Federalism and Civil Society -- Summary und Conclusions of the Book -- Appendix 1: The Case Study of the Black Sea Cossack Revival -- 1.1. Fieldwork Methods -- 1.2. Phases of Fieldwork and of Fieldwork Methods Application -- 1.3. Evolution of Personal Identities-Shift Towards Cossack Identification -- 1.4. Black Sea Cossacks-Self-Image and Perception of Others -- Summary -- Appendix 2: Reflections of the Societal Security Concerns in the Conflict Situation Between the Two Cossack Organizations in the Black Sea Region. -- 2.1. Description of the Two Cossack Movements -- 2.2. The Origin of Conflicting Interests -- 2.3. Self-Perception of Parties -- 2.4. An Attempt to Solve the Problem -- 2.5. The Social Context -- Summary -- Appendix 3: Photo-Pictures -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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