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Modernization as Westernization? The geopolitical consequences of ethno-nationalism analyzed through Russian Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Tabish Shah
Tabish Shah*
Affiliation:
Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper argues that ethno-nationalist models of state organization encourage and strengthen sectarianism by accentuating differences between respective majority populations and those with non-majority characteristics as problematic, and identifies and explains the impacts of this for intra-state security in the West and for building partnerships with non-Western populations, citing negative implications on how we understand political behavior and for influence in military operations. The paper uses nineteenth-century Russian identity as a case study, considers the conflation between modernization and Westernization occuring at the time and uses Russian Art of the period as an analytical tool to uncover nuances that are relevant to debates concerning security, identity, and political behavior.

Keywords

geopoliticsethno-nationalismintra-state securityEuropean identityinternational security
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Articles
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 41 , Issue 5 , September 2013 , pp. 744 - 760
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Copyright © 2013 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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