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This volume focuses on the role of ideas in Russia's war against Ukraine and contains interdisciplinary analyses of the values that have shaped and sustained Ukrainian resistance.
The book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Russia's war against Ukraine from the perspective of values and ethics, and shows how axiological aspects related to national identity, society's ability to organise itself, disinformation, gender roles and geopolitical changes manifest themselves in the context of Ukrainian resistance, and to what extent and in what direction this resistance is shaped. Integrating perspectives from political science, sociology, philosophy, and security studies, the chapters focus on various aspects of the conflict, including the role of grassroots social movements in shaping Ukrainian identity, the impact of war on the organisation of civil society, the axiological dimensions of EU-Ukraine relations, and the evolution of societal attitudes towards the conflict. Through an in-depth analysis of war in the context of values, the book provides valuable insights into the ideological and cultural dimensions of contemporary conflicts and their implications for international relations.
This book will be of much interest to students of the Ukraine war, ethics, sociology, and International Relations.
Contents
Introduction: An Axiological Perspective on the Study of Russia's War against Ukraine, Cezary Smuniewski, Przemysław Wywiał, and Błażej Bado Part I: War and the Crisis of Values 1: Ukraine's Path towards Building State and Societal Resilience to Threats, Przemysław Wywiał 2: The Axiological Dimension of the Political Leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky, Ewa Maria Marciniak, Agnieszka Magdalena Zaręba 3: Values in the Crossfire: An Analysis of Fake News Narratives about the War in Ukraine, Dorota Domalewska, Paweł Zawadzki Part II: War and the Axiological Space of Social Practices 4: Ukrainian Identity in Wartime Conditions: The Example of the Women's Resistance Movement 'Angry Mavka' ('Zla Mavka') in the Occupied Territories, Zoya Baran, Olga Wasiuta 5: Women during Russia's War against Ukraine: The Perspective of Christian Clergy, Zofia Kulińczak 6: Funeral Ceremonies of Ukrainian Soldiers in 2022-2024: A Theological and Political Study of Funeral Speeches, Cezary Smuniewski, Paweł Marek Mrowiński Part III: War and Transnational Axiological Horizons 7: Will a Values-Driven Approach Prevail? EU-Ukraine Relations in Times of War, Vadym Zheltovskyy 8: The Evolution of Poles' Attitudes Towards the War in Ukraine and its Social Determinants, Ewa Maria Marciniak, Jonathan Scovil 9: The Paradox of Remembering and Forgetting: The Memory of Russia's War against Ukraine through the Eyes of the Polish Minority, Cezary Smuniewski, Błażej Bado, Łukasz Kaczmarek 10: Activities of Polish NGOs for Ukrainian Refugees since 2022, Paulina Szczepaniak Conclusion: The Axiological Horizon of Russia's War against Ukraine, Cezary Smuniewski, Przemysław Wywiał, and Błażej Bado
