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Belarus, a middle-sized nation with more than a thousand years of history, is not well known beyond periodic media headlines. Modern scholarly and popular literature covers only fragments from Belarus’s long history and current geopolitical, social, and cultural issues. Belarusian history in this book differs in many aspects from history and myths created by Russian scholars and propagated worldwide. The author argues for the existence of a Western-Ruthenian (Belarusian-Ukrainian) civilization as a sub-civilization of Western civilization and thus different from Eurasian civilization. With original, detailed. and critical views on Belarusian history from the ninth century to the present, it explores the latest information about Belarusian society regarding mentality, identity, religion, current elites, the Revolution of Hope 2020. It then analyzes the future prospects of Belarus based on an assessment of modern trends in human societal and political development. It provides detailed analysis of current activities of Belarusian national and ruling elites and their ideologies vis-à-vis the building of a nation-state.



Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue “Was, Worth, Will Be”

Maps

A Gallery of Prominent Belarusians Whose Contributions Supported Nation-Building

PART I. The History of Belarusian Statehood

  1. From Ethnos to a Nation (Belarusians in the Ninth to Nineteenth Centuries)
  2. Belarusian Statehood in the Twentieth Century

PART II. The Place of Belarusians Among Civilizations

  1. Belarusian-Ukrainian/Western-Ruthenian Civilization
  2. Belarusians and Ukrainians Belong to Western Civilization

PART III. Characteristics of the Modern Belarusian Nation

  1. The Conditions for Nation-building in Belarus in the Twentieth Century
  2. General Information about Modern Belarus
  3. National Identity and Language
  4. The Mentality of Belarusian Society (Belarusianess)
  5. Church and Nation

PART IV. Belarus: In Search of Its Own Way

  1. Theoretical Models of the Belarusian National State Construction
  2. Under the “Patronage of Russia”
  3. “Belarus to Europe”
  4. Neutrality by Form and Content and Europeanism by Spirit
  5. Belarusian Elites and Nation-building Today
  6. Revolution of Hope

Epilogue

Appendix A: Princes of Polatsk

Appendix B: Borders of Regions with a Majority Belarusian Population

Appendix C: Changes in Territory and Population of Modern Belarus

Appendix D: Periods of Nation-building in Modern Belarus

Appendix E: Belarusian Olympians Rank First in Summer Games among the Countries of the Former USSR

Bibliography

About the Author

Belarus: Prospects of a Middle Power

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 18/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9781793654915, 978-1793654915
      ISBN10: 1793654913

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Belarus, a middle-sized nation with more than a thousand years of history, is not well known beyond periodic media headlines. Modern scholarly and popular literature covers only fragments from Belarus’s long history and current geopolitical, social, and cultural issues. Belarusian history in this book differs in many aspects from history and myths created by Russian scholars and propagated worldwide. The author argues for the existence of a Western-Ruthenian (Belarusian-Ukrainian) civilization as a sub-civilization of Western civilization and thus different from Eurasian civilization. With original, detailed. and critical views on Belarusian history from the ninth century to the present, it explores the latest information about Belarusian society regarding mentality, identity, religion, current elites, the Revolution of Hope 2020. It then analyzes the future prospects of Belarus based on an assessment of modern trends in human societal and political development. It provides detailed analysis of current activities of Belarusian national and ruling elites and their ideologies vis-à-vis the building of a nation-state.



      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Prologue “Was, Worth, Will Be”

      Maps

      A Gallery of Prominent Belarusians Whose Contributions Supported Nation-Building

      PART I. The History of Belarusian Statehood

      1. From Ethnos to a Nation (Belarusians in the Ninth to Nineteenth Centuries)
      2. Belarusian Statehood in the Twentieth Century

      PART II. The Place of Belarusians Among Civilizations

      1. Belarusian-Ukrainian/Western-Ruthenian Civilization
      2. Belarusians and Ukrainians Belong to Western Civilization

      PART III. Characteristics of the Modern Belarusian Nation

      1. The Conditions for Nation-building in Belarus in the Twentieth Century
      2. General Information about Modern Belarus
      3. National Identity and Language
      4. The Mentality of Belarusian Society (Belarusianess)
      5. Church and Nation

      PART IV. Belarus: In Search of Its Own Way

      1. Theoretical Models of the Belarusian National State Construction
      2. Under the “Patronage of Russia”
      3. “Belarus to Europe”
      4. Neutrality by Form and Content and Europeanism by Spirit
      5. Belarusian Elites and Nation-building Today
      6. Revolution of Hope

      Epilogue

      Appendix A: Princes of Polatsk

      Appendix B: Borders of Regions with a Majority Belarusian Population

      Appendix C: Changes in Territory and Population of Modern Belarus

      Appendix D: Periods of Nation-building in Modern Belarus

      Appendix E: Belarusian Olympians Rank First in Summer Games among the Countries of the Former USSR

      Bibliography

      About the Author

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