Life Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond

• Autore principale: Arzyutov, Dmitry V (Editor) (auth)
• Altri autori: Sergei S. (Editor) (auth), Anderson, David G. (Editor) (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Open Book Publishers 2019
• Soggetti: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; ethnicity; traditions; Eurasia; etnos; national identity; language; collective identities
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The idea of etnos came into being over a hundred years ago as a way of understanding the collective identities of people with a common language and shared traditions. In the twentieth century, the concept came to be associated with Soviet state-building, and it fell sharply out of favour. Yet outsid...