Estonia: Identity and Independence: Translated into English (On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 2) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042008903 ISBN 13: 9789042008908

Publisher: Rodopi, 2004

Synopsis

In the span of only seventy years, Estonia first proclaimed its independence, was occupied and deprived of its sovereignty, saw many of its citizens deported, and yet managed to recover its independence. How did this small nation keep its language and traditions alive during half a century of occupation, and how did it maintain such a vivid sense of identity? For the first time in English, this book gives a comprehensive view of the events which shaped the destiny of contemporary Estonia. The Editor, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, has called upon an unusually broad spectrum of the best experts (in history, archeology, political science, genetics, literature), but also on some of the leaders who took part in the rebuilding of Estonia, to offer more than a history, rather a unique testimony on a nation reborn. Estonia: Identity and Independence provides rare insight into the many aspects of a country whose location in Northern Europe, within the European Union, and as a NATO ally, but also as a close neighbour of Russia, deserves the attention of scholars, journalists, and informed readers today. This volume includes a thorough chronology of Estonia (from prehistory to accession to the European Union), and a brief c.v. of each co-author. Estonia: Identity and Independence is also available in three other languages (A. Bertricau is the pen-name of Jean-Jacques Subrenat, the initiator and Editor of this book): Estonian: 1st and 2nd edition : A. Bertricau, "Eesti identiteet ja iseseisvus", published by Avita in Tallinn, 2001 and 2002; Russian: A. Bertricau, "Samoopredelenie i nezavissimost' Estonii", published by Avita in Tallinn, August 2001; French : A. Bertricau, "Estonie, identité et indépendance", published by L'Harmattan in Paris, November 2001.

About this title

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–).

Review:

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 Lekture 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)"

"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 Lekture 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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodopi
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 9042008903
• ISBN 13: 9789042008908
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Subrenat Jean-Jacques