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Political, linguistic, and religious boundaries as distinctive creative space : why new ideas are generated in border lands / Olga Breskaya and Oleg Bresky ; with a foreword by Pavel Tereshkovich.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773417861
  • 0773417869
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political, linguistic, and religious boundaries as distinctive creative space.DDC classification:
  • 303.40947 23
LOC classification:
  • BF408 .B76 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
POLITICAL, LINGUISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AS DISTINCTIVE CREATIVE SPACE: Why New Ideas Are Generated in Border Lands; Copyright Page; The Table of Contents; List of Illustrations (Figures, Tables); Foreword; Chapter 1 -- Context of the ""Pogranichie"" Theory; Chapter 2 -- 2B Model of the Pogranichie; Chapter 3 -- The Pogranichie Morphology; Chapter 4 -- Discovering the Pogranichie in Eastern Europe; Bibliography; Index
Summary: The term "Pogranichie" is the Russian language equivalent to the English term "borderland" and this work studies how borderlands serve as distinctively creative spaces for cultural exchange. The book studies how social interactions occur in post-soviet bloc countries that try to democratize, and presents a model for Eastern European development. If there is a lack of actorship in social processes and communication is broken off, then development cannot occur. The authors look at what circumstances promote agency and actorship which in turn changes the dynamic of the entire Pogranichie communit

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

The term "Pogranichie" is the Russian language equivalent to the English term "borderland" and this work studies how borderlands serve as distinctively creative spaces for cultural exchange. The book studies how social interactions occur in post-soviet bloc countries that try to democratize, and presents a model for Eastern European development. If there is a lack of actorship in social processes and communication is broken off, then development cannot occur. The authors look at what circumstances promote agency and actorship which in turn changes the dynamic of the entire Pogranichie communit

POLITICAL, LINGUISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AS DISTINCTIVE CREATIVE SPACE: Why New Ideas Are Generated in Border Lands; Copyright Page; The Table of Contents; List of Illustrations (Figures, Tables); Foreword; Chapter 1 -- Context of the ""Pogranichie"" Theory; Chapter 2 -- 2B Model of the Pogranichie; Chapter 3 -- The Pogranichie Morphology; Chapter 4 -- Discovering the Pogranichie in Eastern Europe; Bibliography; Index

English.