When political geography changes, how do reorganized or newly formed states justify their rule and create a sense of shared history for their people? Often, the essays in "Selective Remembrances "reveal, they turn to archaeology, employing the field and its findings to develop nationalistic feelings and forge legitimate distinctive national identities. Examining such relatively new or reconfigured nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, "Selective Remembrances" shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or...
When political geography changes, how do reorganized or newly formed states justify their rule and create a sense of shared history for their people? ...
Analyzes the development of Orthodox Christianity in Crimea. Provides a case study of religious nationalism in Eastern Europe and explores strategies of Church expansion, the importance of Byzantine history and the Greeks, assimilation of pagan and Tatar traditions, the crafting of Russian identity through print media, and Christianizing in post-Soviet Crimea.
Analyzes the development of Orthodox Christianity in Crimea. Provides a case study of religious nationalism in Eastern Europe and explores strategies ...
