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"Presents customs, traditions, beliefs, myths, folklore, superstitions, and legends dating back in some cases hundreds of years and in others no doubt several thousand years ... The pagan roots of Christian practices are revealed as well as their adaptation to nobler purposes."--Page 7.
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The issues are addressed in both a historical and theoretical context. several essays Center around questions which are often overlooked in similar works.
This book is based on the premise that the foreign policy of any country is heavily influenced by a society's evolving notions of itself. Applying his analysis to Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, the author argues that national identity is an ever-changing concept, influenced by internal and external events, and by the manipulation of a polity's collective memory. The interaction of the narrative of a society and its foreign policy is therefore paramount. This is especially the case in East-Central Europe, where political institutions are weak, and social coherence remains subject to the vagaries of the concept of nationhood. Ilya Prizel's study will be of interest to students of nationalism, as well as of foreign policy and politics in East-Central Europe.