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Narratives of Nationalism and the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine: Myth, Religion and Language

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This paper offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the current armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine as a way of understanding the dispute and the failure of the warring parties to broker a lasting peace. It examines the ideological background to the conflict by considering the most significant historical myths that inform both sides, especially the myths surrounding the medieval state of Kievan Rus’, and the religious, political and linguistic elements of those myths that contribute to mutual misunderstanding and heightened tensions. What is demonstrated is that the myths of each side are structurally very similar: one set is the mirror image of the other (with corresponding labels interchanged). This symmetry helps to intensify and maintain inflamed confrontation, so that there is a pressing need to move beyond these myths, if a lasting peace is to be achieved.

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  • Clarke Jonathan E.M., 2018. "Narratives of Nationalism and the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine: Myth, Religion and Language," Central and Eastern European Review, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 23-47, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:caeeur:v:12:y:2018:i:1:p:23-47:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/caeer-2019-0002
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