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Plural Societies between the State Nation and Consociational Nation
Vol. 19 (2018) No. 3, Political Institutions and Processes
Vol. 19 (2018) No. 3
Political Institutions and Processes

Plural Societies between the State Nation and Consociational Nation

Potseluev S.P.
Southern Federal University
ORCID ID 0000-0002-8562-6541
Timkuk J.A.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-19-3-96-125
https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-19-3-96-125

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Potseluev S.P., Timkuk J.A. (2018) Plural Societies between the State Nation and Consociational Nation. South-Russian Journal of Social Sciences, 19 (3), pp. 96-125. DOI: 10.31429/26190567-19-3-96-125 (In Russian)
Submission Date 2018-07-04
Accepted Date 2018-09-04
Published Date 2018-09-27

Copyright (c) 2018 Поцелуев Сергей Петрович, Джулфа Аарон Тимкук

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Abstract

This paper is aimed at understanding the problems of nation-building in plural societies. For this purpose, the authors carry out a critical analysis of the key concepts actively used by Russian scientists in the discussion of the correlation of the terms: nation, national identity, civil nation, Russian nation, etc. The authors reject the essentialist mystification (reification) and postmodern relativization of the above-mentioned concepts as counterproductive in scientific terms and politically biased. Based on the modernist-constructivist interpretation of the nation phenomenon, the authors propose a three-term scheme to better understand nation-building in plural societies, highlighting the consociational, state and civil types. The Russian case is hypothetically referred to the state type of nation-building. In this regard, the authors criticize the view, according to which there is no need for the construction of the Russian nation at all. To justify their approach, the authors base themselves on the concept of plural Russian society and the relevant sociological data. In view of their hypothetical concept, the authors consider Nigeria a “consociational nation”. The paper draws a detailed picture of the plural Nigerian polity split along ethnic, religious, linguistic and other lines. The authors come to the conclusion that in this situation, the building of trustful relations between the segment leaders of the Nigerian society is the key point in the construction of a consociational nation and the first step on Nigeria’s way to a civil nation of full value. A significant role of cultural and artistic acculturation, as well as philosophical ideas of Ubuntu, is emphasized in the paper.

Keywords

plural society, national identity, the Russian nation, civic nation, nation-state, consociational nation, the Nigerian nation, trust, Ubuntu

Acknowledgements

The paper was written within the framework of the research supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Project № 18-011-00906 “Cognitive and Ideological matrix of perception of modern socio-political crises by the students in the South of Russia”.

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