Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Rothman: Ukraine Crisis Exposes the Limits of All-Purpose Punditry | Mediaite

Rothman: Ukraine Crisis Exposes the Limits of All-Purpose Punditry | Mediaite: "This, one could charitably suggest, is a slightly less incisive way of suggesting that the historic Russian empire still regards Ukraine, the epicenter of Slavic culture, as a key regional component. And that Russian nationalism, a philosophy to which Putin is an avowed subscriber, still reels from the disintegration of the Soviet Union. And that Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, which are always have been and likely always will be “nostalgia plays,” are revealing of both national origin mythology and aspirations for the future – particularly in nations with undemocratic forms of government which often appeal to nationalism as a source of internal political cohesion."



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