Ukraine in Histories and Stories: Essays by Ukrainian Intellectuals

by Volodymyr Yermolenko (Editor), Peter Pomerantsev (Foreword by)

Overview

This fascinating collection of texts by contemporary Ukrainian writers, historians, philosophers, political analysts, and opinion leaders combines reflections on Ukraine’s history—or histories—and analyses of the present as well as conceptual ideas and life stories. The authors present a multi-faceted image of Ukrainian memory and reality: from the Holodomor to Maidan, from Russian aggression to cultural diversity, from the depth of the past to the complexity of the present.
Essential reading for anyone interested in Ukraine.

The contributors of this book are prominent Ukrainian historians, writers, philosophers, political analysts, and intellectuals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838214566
Publisher:	ibidem Press
Publication date:	10/20/2020
Series:	Ukrainian Voices
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	669,471
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Volodymyr Yermolenko (born in 1980) is a Ukrainian philosopher, writer, and journalist, author of several books of non-fiction and fiction and of many articles and essays for Ukrainian and international media. He holds a doctoral degree in Political Studies (EHESS, Paris) and is lecturer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He works as director of analytics at Internews Ukraine and as editor-in-chief of ukraineworld.org, aiming at explaining Ukrainian developments to an international audience in English.

Table of Contents

Preface Peter Pomerantsev 11

Introduction: Tabula Rasa, or How to Find A Ukrainian Terra Incognita Andriy Kulakov 15

Histories

Ukraine: A Brief but Global History of Ukrainian Bread Yaroslav Hrytsak 23

Rus', Cossacks and Ukraine's Identity Serhii Plokhy 41

Identities

Ukrainian Culture and Literature Yuri Andrukhovych 57

Ukrainians. From A Historical Matrix to the Present Day Andriy Kurkov 81

Archetypes

Steppe, Empire, and Cruelty Volodymyr Yermolenko 93

A Split Heart of Incompleteness Andrij Bondar 109

Stories

Ukraine as a Movie Irena Karpa 125

You Know It Better Than Me Haska Shyyan 141

Motherlands

Majority as a Minority Larysa Denysenko 155

Gaining a Motherland Vakhtang Kebuladze 169

Pains

Donbas-Ukraine, a Life Journey Volodymyr Rafeenko 183

Ukraine and Crimean Tatars Alim Aliev 195

Relations

Ukrainian-Polish relations Ola Hnatiuk 207

Ukrainians and Jews Leonid Finberg 227

Stereotypes

Neither Admiration Nor Fear: Stereotypes About Ukraine in Germany Andrii Portnov 245

Insecure Security of Ukraine Hanna Shelest 259

Editorial Reviews

This book includes everyone from internationally renowned academics like Harvard’s Serhii Plokhiy to never-before-translated poets, that seek to articulate Ukraine to the wider world. [… It] gives Ukrainians a chance to explain their country themselves, and the Ukraine that emerges is uncannily relevant at a time when so many countries are undergoing identity crises—not least the United States.

Peter Pomerantsev