Belarus: A Stifled Nation
Published 1/27/2022 Revised 2/10/2022 National identity is a difficult concept, filled with complex issues which are constantly shifting. It consists of numerous things, such as culture, political opinions, religion, and more. Triandafyllidou (1998) simplifies it in her article National identity and the `other’ where she argues where national identity arises, “…the close link established between the individual and the collective self, namely the nation” (p. 598). This link is the feeling that each person has about what defines the nation, and the collection of those feelings being expressed. That feeling is based on culture, history, language, religion, and all sorts of other factors, and as such, can easily fluctuate. In addition, a nation controlling one territory could have the same language, religion, or other factors as a neighboring nation with an adjacent territory, but still have a unique national identity which the citizens of these nations would insist on. Triandafyllidou (19...
