THE CAUCASIAN AND THE RUSSIAN IN CONTEMPORARY GEORGIAN NATIONALISM
Keywords:
Georgia, nationalism, identity, civil nationalism, the Caucasus, the Russian-Georgian relations.Abstract
The author analyzes the recent and traditional political and ideological trends in Georgian nationalism. He points out that it is based on a fairly mature political tradition and is largely developing as a civil movement. Its present polarization and fragmentation are an inevitable outcome of the political debates about the role Georgia is playing in the region and its relations with Russia.
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