Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics by Sergei Basik

Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics by Sergei Basik

This book provides cutting-edge insights on contemporary geopolitical toponymic policy and practice in post-Soviet countries. It examines the political features of place naming as a reflection of contemporary political discourse. With multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, chapters explore a range of topics drawing on critical political toponymy and traditional methods. Contributions examine how the toponymic system can act as a symbol of national identity, the regional geopolitics of toponymy, and geopolitical patterns in contemporary renaming. The historical roots of toponymic decolonization are analyzed, as well as indigenous toponymy and politics, and toponymic aspects of people's daily lives. The book explores a wide range of processes in the post-Soviet realm, including power, identity, economy, social order, and how political power is changing/transforming. It considers how these processes are distributed through various geopolitical and political-economic technologies. Offering empirically rich research from a variety of regions to give insights beyond "Western" perspectives, this book is the first to provide an in-depth exploration of post-Soviet place naming. It will appeal to students and researchers in human geography, politics, sociology, Eastern European studies, onomastics and cultural studies.

Sergei Basik is a college professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Conestoga College, Canada.

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ISBN 13	9781032274874
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Title	Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics
Author	Sergei Basik
Series	Routledge Geopolitics Series
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Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2022-11-01
Number of pages	188
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