National Identity and Patriotism among Russian Youth: Representations, Feelings and Actions

Autor:	Natalia Goncharova, Oksana Noyanzina, Galina Avdeeva, Daria Omelchenko, Svetlana Maximova
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	General Arts and Humanities media_common.quotation_subject General Social Sciences Gender studies Social constructionism Politics Empirical research Feeling Patriotism National identity Elderly people Sociology General Economics Econometrics and Finance Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Asian Social Science. 11
ISSN:	1911-2025 1911-2017
DOI:	10.5539/ass.v11n6p27
Popis:	This article is based on data of empirical research in four border regions of Russia. We try to reveal the new trends in youth’s national identity through the analysis of social identifications, interpretations of patriotism and patriotic actions. We conclude that youth's national identity comprises traditional and modern traits, proving its nature as social construct, reproduced and shaped trough public political discourse and everyday practices. While national civic identification takes the central place in the youth identification hierarchy, young people feel more cosmopolitan than elderly people and give a special meaning to their own cultural and ethno-confessional identities. Their patriotic representations are transformed under worldwide mobility and influence of politically oriented actions; they diverge from understanding of patriotism of other generations, the result is the lower self-evaluation of patriotic feelings, which have become more abstract and less associated with concrete actions and deeds.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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