Slavicity
Patterns of Identity, Framework of Analysis, Myth
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
The idea of an element binding all Slavs or Slavophones in space and time comes in many forms: “Slavicity” acts periodically as a effective instrument for political mobilisation. It directs cognitive interest in cultural studies research and remains to this day a highly productive myth in art and literature. The rise of a new dimension of Slavicity is to be expected through the influence of the “Slavisation” of the European Union.
(Osteuropa 12/2009, pp. 7–20)