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Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics: Place Names as a Political Instrument in the Post-Soviet States

Sergei Basik

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Description:This book provides cutting-edge insights on contemporary geopolitical toponymic policy and practice in post-Soviet countries. It examines the political features of place naming as a reflection of contemporary political discourse.With multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, chapters explore a range of topics drawing on critical political toponymy and traditional methods. Contributions examine how the toponymic system can act as a symbol of national identity, the regional geopolitics of toponymy, and geopolitical patterns in contemporary renaming. The historical roots of toponymic decolonization are analyzed, as well as indigenous toponymy and politics, and toponymic aspects of people's daily lives. The book explores a wide range of processes in the post-Soviet realm, including power, identity, economy, social order, and how political power is changing/transforming. It considers how these processes are distributed through various geopolitical and political-economic technologies.Offering empirically rich research from a variety of regions to give insights beyond Western perspectives, this book is the first to provide an in-depth exploration of post-Soviet place naming. It will appeal to students and researchers in human geography, politics, sociology, Eastern European studies, onomastics and cultural studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics: Place Names as a Political Instrument in the Post-Soviet States. To get started finding Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics: Place Names as a Political Instrument in the Post-Soviet States, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 188

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1000777839

Description: This book provides cutting-edge insights on contemporary geopolitical toponymic policy and practice in post-Soviet countries. It examines the political features of place naming as a reflection of contemporary political discourse.With multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, chapters explore a range of topics drawing on critical political toponymy and traditional methods. Contributions examine how the toponymic system can act as a symbol of national identity, the regional geopolitics of toponymy, and geopolitical patterns in contemporary renaming. The historical roots of toponymic decolonization are analyzed, as well as indigenous toponymy and politics, and toponymic aspects of people's daily lives. The book explores a wide range of processes in the post-Soviet realm, including power, identity, economy, social order, and how political power is changing/transforming. It considers how these processes are distributed through various geopolitical and political-economic technologies.Offering empirically rich research from a variety of regions to give insights beyond Western perspectives, this book is the first to provide an in-depth exploration of post-Soviet place naming. It will appeal to students and researchers in human geography, politics, sociology, Eastern European studies, onomastics and cultural studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics: Place Names as a Political Instrument in the Post-Soviet States. To get started finding Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics: Place Names as a Political Instrument in the Post-Soviet States, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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