Territories and Identities in Central, Eastern and
Territories and Identities in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Scientific Editor Valentin Mihaylov Instytut Geopolityki Częstochowa 2014 REVIEWER: Prof. Dr Ivan Ratkaj, Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade SCIENTIFIC EDITOR: Valentin Mihaylov Cover design by Andrzej Kowal © Copyright by Valentin Mihaylov; contributors; Institute of Geopolitics, Częstochowa 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced without permission in writing from the Publisher and the Author/Authors of relevant chapter. ISBN 978-83-61294-05-4 PUBLISHER: Institute of Geopolitics Address: Aleja Pokoju 6/64 Częstochowa CONTENTS Acronyms and abbreviations / 8 List of Tables / 10 List of Figures / 11 Acknowledgements / 12 Preface / 13 Valentin Mihaylov 1 Introduction Consciousness and Identity of Human Communities in a Geospatial Dimension: An Interdisciplinary Sphere of Developing Ideas, Approaches and Research Perspectives / 19 Valentin Mihaylov PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF TERRITORIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND IDENTITY Dmitry Zamyatin 2 Co-spatiality, Territorial Identity and Place: To the Comprehension of Postmodern Politics / 37 Zbigniew Rykiel 3 Territorial Identity in Sociology and Human Geography / 67 Peter Jordan 4 The Role of Place Names for Space-Related Identity / 83 Valentin Mihaylov 5 Territorial Consciousness as an Identity Component of National and Ethnic Communities / 97 PART II SUPRANATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SPACE, IDENTITY AND POWER Andrey Makarychev 6 Regionalism and Identities in the Common Neighbourhood: European and Russian Discourses / 121 Kostis Plevris 7 Uneven Development Spatial Representations. Spatial Planning in Southeastern Europe as Shaped by Supranational Formations / 136 Viliyan Krastev 8 The Tourist Image of Place / 157 PART III IDENTITY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY, CONSCIOUSNESS AND GEOPOLITICS Jakub Potulski 9 Polish Geopolitical Visions. Poland as Intermarium / 175 Miroslav Dnistrianskyy, Oksana Skliarska 10 Ukrainian Ethnic and Political Identity: Regional Divergences in the Consolidation of Ukrainian Society in the Context of External Geopolitical Influences / 189 Gracjan Cimek 11 Dilemmas of Russian Civilizational Identity / 208 Marin Roussev, Aisun Avdjiev 12 The Geographical Position – an Indicator of Turkey’s Geopolitical Identity / 225 PART IV OLD AND NEW IDENTITIES AS FACTORS OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRIES, REGIONS AND METROPOLITAN AREAS Vladimir Streletskiy 13 Ethnic and Cultural Patterns of Regionalism in Russia / 243 Radu Săgeată 14 Globalization and New Ethnic Minorities in Romania / 258 Monika Kurpanik 15 Spatial Diversification of Territorial Identity of the Residents of the Rybnik Conurbation (Poland) / 271 Artem Gusev 16 Bases, Problems and Prospects of Regional Identity Formation in Federal Subjects of Russia / 286 PART V CONSCIOUSNESS AND IDENTITY OF THE POPULATION IN MULTICULTURAL REGIONS AND BORDERLAND TERRITORIES Mikhail Krylov, Anton Gritsenko 17 Regional Identities in Russia and Ukraine: Examples of Research Practice / 297 Jerzy Runge 18 Selected Problems of Regional Consciousness and Identity in the Areas of Historical-Geographical Borderland – A Case of the Silesian Province (Poland)/ 319 Mateusz Hudzikowski 19 Territorial Identity in Upper Silesia and its Political Significance / 327 Roman Lozynskyy 20 Territorial and Ethnic Identity Issues in the Zakarpattia Region / 340 Closing remarks / 356 Notes on contributors / 359
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