Farewell, nation!
Farewell, nation!
Author(s): Anton SaifullayeuSubject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Belarus; Belarusian protests; Alyaksandr Lukashenka; autocracy;
Summary/Abstract: The ongoing Belarusian protests in addition to its obvious political aims, also solves a much more important issue. The public is abandoning the national template of self-determination as a civil order. For Belarusians in 2020, so many things have changed. For the first time in more than a quarter century, the authorities in Minsk felt a real danger to their existence and lost control over public opinion. Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s autocracy has completely exhausted itself of moral and ideological resources. This was caused by the outbreak of protests in 2020, which has a much deeper meaning. Lawlessness and violence from the authorities was a desperate reaction to the devaluation of their ideological values and the anachronistic narrative of state social care and order.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 03 (46)
- Page Range: 88-93
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
