Sociology of the Revolution of Dignity backs up academic ideas about nation-building usually referred to as "constructivist". Researchers from this school view national identity not as something given to a person at birth, simply "by virtue" of having been born in a specific ethno-cultural environment, but rather through the prism of his or her more or less conscious political choice. Identification with the community is key, therefore the nation – "moral consciousness" and "great solidarity", as defined by Ernest Renan – appears where there are people who aspire to be it. The Event category comes in handy here as well, enabling you to localise the outbreak of the process in time and space. It is undeniable that the events of 2013-2014 contributed to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of holders of passports with a trident on the cover realising for the first time in their lives that they belonged to the Ukrainian national project. I was lucky enough to be one of them.

Read on Ukrainska Pravda:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/columns/2024/11/21/7483933/

In memory of Mykola Haievoi, Ukrainian historian, a volunteer with the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine