Abstract

Identity is a constant sign of social groups in peace and stability, but it is problematic in times of crisis (war, revolution, civil conflict, social crisis, etc.) when community is aware not only who he is, but also rethinking who it wants or should be. Especially when an enemy appears, or at least «the image of the enemy». Identity is the birth of a political subjectivity in a community that is geopolitically considered an object of international relations. In the literature, the cliché has already become a kind of statement about the fact that Ukraine is an object and not a subject of international relations, a change card in foreign geopolitical games. That is, the self-consciousness of the nation is worthless and does not affect anything. To refute this statement is the main purpose of this article. The objective of the article is to integrate, unbiased, objective analysis of the formation of the Ukrainian political nation, conducted from different points of view. In this regard, the article consists three parts, devoted to three different aspects of the problem: a purely geopolitical review of the works of the most well-known and influential scholars on the problem of Ukrainian-Russian relations after the revolutionary events in Ukraine and their futurological predictions; identity problems associated with the war on the Donbass; the influence of modern mass media into the formation of the ideology of the hybrid war and the hybrid world. The theoretical basis of the article is based, first of all, on the geopolitical postulates of freedom from ethical assessments and, on the contrary, the importance of geographical dates. The search and articulation of these data is the main scientific novelty of the article. In many respects, we relied on the methodology of geopolitical analysis introduced by John Friedman and Samuel Huntington, and tried to combine their positions into a coherent and holistic picture. The main conclusions of the work can be summarized in approximately these theses. Culture, not just politics and geography, matters. Identity is not a constant, it is a variable and super-complicated construct, aimed more for the future than the past. The ideology of nationalism can be both useful in the process of becoming a nation and state creation, and erroneous when it contradicts the picture of the post-modern world of the XXI century and the principles of democracy.

Highlights

  • Identity is a constant sign of social groups in peace and stability, but it is problematic in times of crisis when community is aware who he is, and rethinking who it wants or should be

  • Identity is the birth of a political subjectivity in a community that is geopolitically considered an object of international relations

  • The cliché has already become a kind of statement about the fact that Ukraine is an object and not a subject of international relations, a change card in foreign geopolitical games

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Summary

Татьяна Воропай

Идентичность представляет собой устоявшуюся самооценку социальной группы или общности в условиях мира и стабильности, но она проблематизируется в кризисных условиях (война, революция, социальный кризис и т. п.). Идентичность представляет собой устоявшуюся самооценку социальной группы или общности в условиях мира и стабильности, но она проблематизируется в кризисных условиях Часто идентичность связана с появлением врага или хотя бы «образа врага». В рамках статьи идентичность рассматривается как рождение политической субъектности (политической нации) в обществе, которое многие геополитики считают объектом международных отношений. Задачей статьи является непредвзятый и объективный анализ становления украинской политической нации, проведенный в разных аспектах (геополитика, война, медиа). Ключевые слова: идентичность, гибридна война, геополитика, революция, масс-медиа

Проклятая геополитика
СПИСОК ИСПОЛЬЗОВАННЫХ ИСТОЧНИКОВ
РЕВОЛЮЦІЯ І ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ

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