Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Origins, Manifestations and Functions

Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Examining Pan-Slavism: Conceptual Approach, Methodological Framework, and the State of the Art
Introduction
Manifestations of Pan-Slavism in Today’s World
Theoretical and Methodological Notes
State of the Art and Contribution to the Field
Structure of the Volume
Pan-Slavism as History
Russian Pan-Slavism: A Historical Perspective
Introduction
Sergei Sharapov’s Pan-Slavic Programme
Major Arguments and Inspirations
Contours of the Pan-Slavic Union
Flirting with Neo-Slavism
Conclusion
A Short History of Pan-Slavism and Its Impact on Central Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Introduction
From the Twentieth Century On
Conclusion
Pan-Slavism in the Balkans: A Historical View
Introduction
From Cultural and Literary to the Political and Ideological Realm
Towards a Conclusion: Pan-Slavism and the Yugoslav State
Pan-Slavism as a (Political) Tool
New Wine in an Old Wineskin: Slavophilia and Geopolitical Populism in Putin’s Russia
Introduction
Essentialisation of Slavicness
Geopolitical Populism
Russia’s Mission
Conclusion
Ideational Travels of Slavophilia in Belarus: From Tsars to Lukashenka
Introduction
Belarusian Nationalism and the Slavic Idea
West Russism: A Local Version of the Russian World?
Lukashenka and Slavophilia
Pan-Slavism and the Belarusian Orthodox Church
Conclusion
On Pan-Slavism, Brotherhood, and Mythology: The Imagery of Contemporary Geopolitical Discourse in Serbia
Introduction
The Mythologization of the ‘Brotherhood’ Between Serbia and Russia
‘Brotherhood’ vs. ‘Westernization’ in the 1990s
‘Brotherhood’ and/or ‘Europeanization’ from the 2000s
Conclusion
Intermarium or Hyperborea? Pan-Slavism in Poland After 1989
Introduction
Warsaw Between the East and the West
On the Return of Pan-Slavism
Multifacetedness of Pan-Slavism in Poland
Conclusion
On Pan-Slavism, Identity, and Other Issues
A Distant Acquaintance: Reflecting on Croatia's Relationship with Pan-Slavism
Introduction
Historical Overview
South Slavism and Yugoslavia
Dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s
Post-Independence Politics
Differentiation from South Slavism Through Education
Detachment from but also Occasional Nostalgia for Yugoslavia
Conclusion
On Pan-Slavism(s) and Macedonian National Identity
Introduction
National and Pan-National Identities
Pan-Slavism and Macedonian National Identity
Pan-Slavism in Early Takes on Macedonian National Identity
Yugoslavism and Macedonian National Identity
Socialist Yugoslavia and ‘Brotherhood and Unity’
Contemporary Debates on Macedonian Identity: New Myths, New Supranational Projects
The Long Road to EU Integration
Conclusion
Invented ‘Europeanness’ Versus Residual Slavophilism: Ukraine as an Ideological Battlefield
Introduction
Slavophiles into Ukrainians
Persistent Ambivalence
Ambient Slavophilism?
Conclusion
On Pan-Slavism, East vs. West Divide, and Orthodoxy
Bulgaria’s Backlash Against the Istanbul Convention: Slavophilia as the Historical Frame of Pseudo-Religious Illiberalism
Introduction
Why Slavophilia?
Bulgaria’s Slavic Connection
National Revival
Independent Statehood
Communist Period
How Bulgaria Misunderstood the Istanbul Convention
‘Gender’ as the Focal Point of Identity Iterations
Political Iterations of Pan-Nationalist Identity Against ‘Gender’
Pan-Nationalist Iterations of Religious Identity Among a Non-Practising Public
Conclusion: The Discursive Legacy of Slavophilia in Bulgaria’s Current Geopolitics
Montenegrin Squaring of the Circle: Between Russophilia, Pan-Orthodoxia, and Competing Nationalism
Introduction
The Changing Dynamics of the Montenegrin-SOC-Russian Triangle
Political Alliance with Russia is More Attractive and Promising Than the ‘European Dream’
The SOC as Protector and Preserver of Orthodox Unity and Pan-Slavic Ideology in Montenegro
Conclusion
Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in the Czech Republic Within the Context of Hybrid Threats
Introduction
Hybrid Threats, Pan-Nationalism and Illiberal Actors: A Conceptual Framework
Historical Roots of Pan-Slavism in Czech Extremist and Illiberal Politics
Hybrid Campaigns and Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in the Czech Republic After 1993
The Contemporary Pan-Slavic and Slavophilic Spectrum in the Czech Republic
Case Study: The Vrbětice Ammunition Depot Explosion and GRU Involvement
Conclusion
Slovakia: Emergence of an Old-New Pseudo-Pan-Slavism in the Context of the Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine After 2014
Introduction
Heritage of the Historical Disputes
Marginalisation of the ‘Slavophilic’ Agenda After 2000
Slavicness as an Alternative? The Beginning of the Crisis in Ukraine (2013–2014) and Its Consequences
Non-Partisan Actors in Slavophilic Discourse
Slavophilic Discourse in Slovakia
Conclusion
An Ethnographic Look on Pan-Slavism
Manifestations of Pan-Slavic Sentiments Among South Slavic Diaspora Communities in the United States of America
Introduction
The Main Arguments and Theoretical Framework
Research Methodology, Data Collection and Analysis
‘We Still Find Things That Unify Us!’—New Forms of ‘Yugoslavism’ Among the South Slavic Diaspora Communities in the United States
Conclusion
Interethnic Ritual Kinship as Pan-Slavism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Introduction
Different Cultures Have Different Sets of Collective Social Programming
Historical Documentation of Interethnic Kinship
Çelebi on the Bosnian Frontier
Filipović in a Bosnian Village
Hörmann Among Bosnian Muslims
Ritual Kinship in Folklore
Negative Examples of Interethnic Kinship Throughout History
The Betrayal Trope in Vuk Drašković's Novel, Nož
The Betrayal Trope in Ahmet M. Rahmanović’s Black Soul
Mountain Wreath’s Rejection of Interfaith Ritual Kinship
Frequency of Interethnic Ritual Kinship in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Impact of War on Interethnic Ritual Kinship
Conclusion (and a Note on Interethnic Ritual Kinship in Ukraine)
Afterword
Appendix
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects