Russian identity

[Daniel Rancour-Laferriere]

Dear colleagues -
The usual problem is to confuse national identity with national  
character.  Another problem is to confuse ethnic Russian (russkii)  
with Russian citizenship (Rossiiskii).  Another problem is to decide  
when an ethic Russian can also be an ethnic X (e.g., "russkii evrei" -  
but "russkii nemets" ? - here in Berlin they say the latter expression  
is possible).  And there are many more problems.  Was Stalin a  
Russian?  What was the "identity" of Trotsky?  Vasilii Grossman?  How  
is Russian identity viewed by nationalists, as opposed to liberals?   
The topic is a huge swamp.  If you like bog-trotting, have a look at  
some of the books on my web site:

http://Rancour-Laferriere.com

With regards to the list -

Daniel Rancour-Laferriere




On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Daniela Hristova wrote:

An excellent source of information in this regard (and exactly what  
seems
you are looking for)  is the book edited by my colleagues Simon  
Franklin and
Emma Widdis, *National Identity in Russian Culture. An
Introduction*(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Daniela S. Hristova

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Yuri Corrigan  
<yuricorrigan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Seelangers,
> Can anyone suggest good texts (especially non-literary ones) that  
> deal with
> the problem of Russian identity -- political, national, cultural?
> Anything that asks / answers the question : What is Russia?
> Thank you,
>
> Yuri Corrigan
>
> Please reply off-list to ycorrigan at wooster.edu - I'll post a summary  
> of
> responses to the list.
>
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