Introduction
Chapter 1: Approaching Intelligentsia
Chapter 2: Intelligentsia and Problematics of Culture, Nation,
Class and Power
Chapter 3: A Historical Stage for Intelligentsia’s Projects:
Polyethnic, Multicultural, Nationalist Daily L’viv
Chapter 4: Incarnations of the Protagonist: Old Intelligentsia—New
Intelligentsia—Pseudo-Intelligentsia—Non-Intelligentsia
Chapter 5: Between Kham and Knight: The L’viv Intelligentsia’s
“Others” and Alter Egos
Chapter 6: Intelligentsia’s Spaces in L’viv
Chapter 7: Empowering Projects of the L’viv Intelligentsia and
Intellectuals after the End of Soviet Rule: Narratives about
L’viv’s Centrality and Peripherality
Chapter 8: Empowering Projects of the L’viv Intelligentsia and
Intellectuals after the End of Soviet Rule: Narratives about
(Be)longing, Ambiguity and Cultural Colonization
Chapter 9: Opening a Pandora’s Box: Collective Memories and “Blank
Spots” of the Ukrainian Past in Historical Narratives of the L’viv
Intelligentsia
Conclusions: Intelligentsia in L’viv: The Power of Location and
Narration
Eleonora Narvselius holds her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from Linköping University (Sweden) and degree in ethnology from Kyiv University (Ukraine). She launched her scholarly career at the Ethnology Institute in L’viv, a research institution at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She has conducted her fieldwork in different L’viv milieus in the course of more than 10 years. Presently she is affiliated with the Centre for European Studies at Lund University (Sweden).
Eleonora Narvselius’s book tackles one of the most elusive social
groups in a rapidly transforming social and physical landscape of a
very unusual post-Soviet city. ... This book proves that, despite
the economic cataclysms of the post-Soviet period and the
intelligentsia’s significantly weakened social status, the group
remains an important player in the post-Soviet cultural landscape.
... Narvselius’s book is the most extensive and sophisticated
treatment of L'viv’s intelligentsia during the two decades that
followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is a must-read for
anyone working on cities, social change, and cultural projects in
post-Soviet Ukraine.
*Canadian Slavonic Papers*
This book makes an important contribution to studies of post-Soviet
intellectuals. It draws on extensive interviews and ethnographic
observation conducted in L'viv, the Western Ukrainian city that
provided the foundation for the Ukrainian national independence
movement. Narvselius develops a perceptive account of the practices
and discourses through which intellectuals in this city imagine and
articulate alternatives to Soviet institutions. The author explores
with great subtlety the narratives of ethics, culture, and public
space through which intellectuals developed a deep sense of
community after the region was annexed to Soviet Ukraine and
analyzes how they make sense of the uncertainties they now face in
post-Soviet Ukraine.
*Alexandra Hrycak, associate professor of sociology, Reed
College*
In her compelling study of the L'Viv Intelligentsia, Eleonora
Narvselius brings to life the tale of the relationship of the
intelligentsia, the city of L’viv in western Ukraine and the idea
of the nation. . . .Bolstered by an impressive array of interviews,
printed and online articles, and visual sources, Narvselius’ work
provides an original and fresh perspective on the issues at stake.
. . .[T]he book presents a brilliant picture of those who can be
seen as the winners of the collapse of the Soviet Union. . .
.Eleonora Narvselius’ study is well-argued, the findings are
clearly presented and the proposed theoretical and methodological
parts may be helpful for researchers working in a similar field.
The book is highly recommended to all those who are interested in
contemporary Ukraine, the intelligentsia and postsocialist
societies in general.
*Europe-Asia Studies*
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