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60 books match the query 'Ukraine' and 4 start with r

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Regionalism without Regions

Reconceptualizing Ukraine's Heterogeneity

Ulrich Schmid

Central European University Press, 2019

This collective volume shows how Ukraine can best be understood through its regions and how the regions must be considered against the background of the nation. The overarching objective of the book is to challenge the dominance of the nation-state paradigm in the analyses of Ukraine by illustrating the interrelationship between national and regional dynamics of change. 
The authors—historians, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, literary critics and linguists from Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and the USA—explicitly go beyond the perspective of an entity defined by traditional political borders and cultural, economic, historical or religious stereotypes. The research project that led to the composition of the book combined quantitative (statistical surveys conducted across Ukraine) and qualitative (in-depth interviews and focus-group discussion) methods. The authors came to the conclusion that regionalism as a defining phenomenon of Ukraine is more prominent than the regions themselves. This approach regards Ukraine as a construct in flux where different discourses intersect, concur and eventually merge through the lenses of various disciplines and methodologies.
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Resplendent Synagogue

Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community

Thomas C. Hubka

Brandeis University Press, 2022

This unique exploration of a lost religious and cultural artifact breathes new life into a forgotten but fascinating aspect of eighteenth-century Polish Jewry.
 
Thomas C. Hubka, an architectural historian, immersed himself in medieval and early modern Jewish history, religion, and culture to prepare for this remarkable study of the eighteenth-century Polish synagogue in the town of Gwozdziec, now in present-day Ukraine. Because the Gwozdziec Synagogue, like so many others, was destroyed by the Nazis, this book revives a spiritual community lost to history. Hubka selected the Gwozdziec Synagogue because of the completeness of its photographic and historical records. Graced with nearly two hundred historical photographs, architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, and color illustrations, Resplendent Synagogue vividly recreates the spiritual heart of a once-vibrant Jewish population. Hubka demonstrates that while the architectural exterior of the synagogue was largely the product of non-Jewish, regional influences, the interior design and elaborate wall-paintings signified a distinctly Jewish art form. The collaboration of Jewish and Gentile builders, craftsmen, and artists in the creation of this magnificent wooden structure attests to an eighteenth-century period of relative prosperity and communal well-being for the Jews of Gwozdziec. Part of a tradition that was later abandoned by Eastern European Jewish communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this truly resplendent synagogue exemplified a high point in Jewish architectural art and religious painting.
 
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Russia's Imperial Endeavor and Its Geopolitical Consequences

The Russia-Ukraine War, Volume Two

Bálint Madlovics

Central European University Press, 2024

Aside from the near-complete devastation of a sovereign state and reversal of the global balance of power, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is leading to a radical transformation in the Eastern European and Eurasian regions – including Russia itself.

The 13 chapters in this volume examine the main geopolitical consequences of the resurgent imperialist aspirations of the Russian Federation. They examine the ideological tools of history falsification as an integral part of hybrid warfare. Turning to the economy, the book discusses how the war and economic sanctions imposed on Russia are redrawing the geopolitical map and how economic relations would change following a regime transformation. The book discusses the reactions of members of the international community to the invasion, whether threatened or neutral parties or allies. The collection therefore offers a comprehensive picture of the main consequences of the resurgent imperialist aspirations of the Russian Federation. Equipped with the conceptual tools of the analysis with a focus on the patronal features of the political-economic system, the book considers the aftermath of the war. This collection complements the book entitled Ukraine. Patronal Democracy and the Russian Invasion.

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Russia’s War on Ukraine and the Crisis of World Order

A Global Reader

Dennis Dierks

Central European University Press, 2026

Russia’s war on Ukraine has been closely watched and widely debated worldwide. These discussions extend beyond the war itself to encompass its implications for the world order and the future of globalisation. This reader documents that debate by bringing together articles from all regions of the world published in newspapers, journals, magazines, and blogs between Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Donald Trump’s election victory in 2024. The collection includes texts originally written in English as well as translations from Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. It offers reflections on international law and international organisations; postcolonial and decolonial critiques of power; rearmament, neutrality, and non-alignment; transregional religious solidarities; and the economic and environmental consequences of the war. As part of the series GWZO Studies on Central and Eastern Europe: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture, History, and the Environment, this reader seeks to provide new, nuanced, and multifaceted insights into the region within the broader context of global (dis)entanglements.
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