Table of Contents

Lennart MERI: Foreword
Acknowledgements
Jean-Jacques SUBRENAT: Introduction
Hando RUNNEL : A Very Ancient Nation
I. From the Origins to the Mid-19th Century
Richard VILLEMS: Marginalia on the Topic of Identity
Tarmo KULMAR: The Time of Shadows
Andrei HVOSTOV, Mart LAAR, Harri TIIDO: Historical Myth in National Identity: An Exchange of Ideas
Tiina KALA: Estonia from the 13th to the 16th Centuries
Margus LAIDRE: From the Reformation to National Awakening 1520-1850
II. The National Awakening and the Building Up of an Independent State
Ea JANSEN: The National Awakening of the Estonian Nation
Eero MEDIJAINEN: Estonia and the World
III. The Soviet Period (1940-1988)
Andres TARAND: The Soviet Period
Jaan KAPLINSKI, Jaan KROSS, Paul-Eerik RUMMO, Kalev KESKÜLA: Resistance, Scepticism and Homo Sovieticus: An Exchange of Opinions
Jaak ALLIK: The Strong People of Kalev Remained… (An Opinion)
Raimo RAAG: The National Identity and Culture of Estonians Living in the West 1944-1991
Toomas Hendrik ILVES: An Opinion
Mari-Ann KELAM: An Opinion
Liis KLAAR: The Estonian identity in Exile: An Opinion
Aino-Lepik von WIRÉN: An Opinion
Helga NŎU: An Opinion
IV. The “Singing Revolution” and Independence Regained (1988 to the Present)
Mart LAAR: The Restoration of Independence in Estonia
Tunne KELAM: An Opinion
Küllo ARJAKAS: Reflections on the Late 1980s and Early 1990s: An Opinion
Rein RAUD: The Conditions for a Multicultural Estonia
Sergei IVANOV, Jaan KAPLINSKI, Mart NUTT, David VSEVIOS, Harri TIIDO: The Pragmatic and the “National” Approach to the Question of the Russian-Speaking Population in Estonia: An Exchange of Ideas
Jüri LUIK, Jean-Jacques SUBRENAT, Harri TIIDO: Globalisation, Integration into European Structures and their Effect on National Identity and Culture: Discussion
Co-Authors
Chronology (compiled by Lore Listra)

About the Author

Jean-Jacques Subrenat (born 9 June 1940), worked at the CNRS, Centre for Scientific Research, in Paris (1967–1971), French diplomat (1972–). Permanent representative to the WEU in Brussels (1995–1998), Ambassador to Estonia (1998–2002), to Finland (2003–).

Reviews

"the book can only be thoroughly recommended as a reliable and very readable overview with an interesting concept." - in: Ab Imperio 3 (2005)

"The restoration of Baltic independence has provoked an outpouring of publications on identity, too many of them hastily thrown together and showing a lack of rigor in thought and writing. The present volume generally escapes this charge. The book … stimulates debate – which is what its editor set out to do." - in: Slavic Review, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Summer 2005)

"So kann die intensive Lektüre sehr empfohlen werden." - in: Osteuropa 2 (2005)

"Include[s] a number of interesting contributions. Of particular value among the historical articles are those from leading Estonian scholars whose work is not yet widely known or available in English." - in: Nordost-Archiv XIV (2005)