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Author Grišinas, Arvydas, author.

Title Politics with a human face : identity and experience in post-Soviet Europe / Arvydas Grišinas
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Contemporary liminality
Contemporary liminality.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Politics from the Human Perspective; Conceptualising the human factor; Embedded narrative history; Empathic and visual understanding as means of research; Logics of the argument; Notes; 2. The Face and the Mask: Lithuania; Lithuania in history; Lithuania in thought; â#x80;#x9C;Lithuanian-nessâ#x80;#x9D; as experience; Modern identity formation as mask-making; Notes; 3. Political Images and Identity; Image of a hero in post-Soviet national narratives; The anatomy of political images
Images in politicsNotes; 4. Common Images, Contesting Narratives: Maidan; On site: the Maidanâ#x80;#x99;s territory; Western narrative; Russian narrative; Ukrainian narrative; Maidan as a post-Soviet movement for fundamental change; Notes; 5. Liminality and Sovietism; Liminal transition; Modalities of liminal experience; Post-Soviet liminality; Sovietism; Notes; 6. Violence, Victimhood and Identity; Violence; Victimhood; Post-Soviet identity; Notes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Politics with a Human Face presents a holistic understanding of political identity formation in post-Soviet Europe, arguing that since politics is fundamentally a human affair, in order to adequately understand politics, and especially political identity formation, one needs first to understand its human side. Drawing on the thought of Plato, Dilthey and Gadamer, the author employs empathic understanding as an inductive approach, together with visual and historical analysis, to inquire into the role of human experience in post-Soviet politics. As a result, the book offers a theoretical premise for assessing the role played by non-rationalistic factors, such as associative symbolism, human experience, political images and historical narratives, in both domestic and foreign politics. A study at the juncture of politics, sociology, philosophy, history and anthropology, Politics with a Human Face explores a number of cases, including Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia, as well as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, examining issues of liminal transition, 'far-right' movements, victimhood, ethnic conflict and political paradoxes. Seeking to shed light on the region's agency and perception of both its own political and existential situation, and that of the surrounding world, this book constitutes a timely and original contribution to understanding post-Soviet European politics"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 28, 2018)
Subject Liminality -- Europe, Eastern
Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Liminality
Post-communism
Social conditions
SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005643
Subject Eastern Europe
Form Electronic book
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