Journal: The Slavonic and East European Review
Year: 2016

REVIEWS 787 applied to whole nations. There are always variant viewpoints, different opinions, and this is no less true of Russia than it is of other societies. Whose viewpoint is to be regarded as the representative one? Trying to pin down an overall national identity is always fraught with difficulties. In any case, as the author himself admits, national policy is the product of many influences, among which identity is only one. This book makes a valuable contribution to our appreciation of re