Beschreibung
Research by social scientists on multicultural and multilingual post-Soviet societies is manifold. However, there rarely exists
a dialogue between academic fields, traditions and ideologies. This book critically reunites different academic generations and
traditions, different disciplines and different geographical and cultural backgrounds by keeping the plurality of the approaches.
The contributions discuss the roles of ideologies, education, and ethnic, linguistic and religious identities in the post-Soviet
nation-building processes and reflect on the impacts of the social sciences and humanities studying these processes. Thereby the
case-studies show continuities and discontinuities in the ideological and political aspects of nation-building and identity management
in post-Soviet societies.
Andrea Friedli is a Teaching and Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Aline Gohard-Radenkovic is an Em. Associate Professor at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), specialized in Anthropology
of language and migration policies, and in Sociology of Learning and Teaching foreign languages
François Ruegg is an Em. Associate Professor in Social Anthropology of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and at the
University of Bucharest, Romania.
