Nation-building projects through new capitals: from St. Petersburg to Yerevan and Astana
Nation-building projects through new capitals: from St. Petersburg to Yerevan and Astana
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通过新首都进行的国家建设项目：从圣彼得堡到埃里温和阿斯塔纳
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10.1080/00905992.2016.1260535
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2017
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N. Mkrtchyan
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本文的目的是全面解释政府迁移和建设新首都的决定背后的原因。资本建设的过程不仅仅是城市化的现象;相反，它是国家建设项目的“文本发明”过程。为了强调城市建设背后的身份意义，本文将讨论苏联埃里温和后苏联阿斯塔纳的城市化实践。然而，为了验证所提出的论点的有效性和普遍性，本文还将简要地提供从莫斯科到彼得堡和从伊斯坦布尔到安卡拉的首都搬迁的历史分析。20世纪20年代，苏维埃亚美尼亚首都埃里温的重建对于理解乌托邦在启动身份转变中的作用至关重要。本文的中心概念前提是塞缪尔亨廷顿的“撕裂的国家”的理论概念和文明身份的重新定义。历史上迁都和建立新首都的原因之一是需要启动长期的身份转变。
The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive explanation for the reasons behind governments’ decisions to relocate and build new capital cities. The process of capital-building is not a mere phenomenon of urbanization; rather it is a process of “text inventing” for nation-building projects. To emphasize implications for identity behind city constructions, the paper will discuss urbanization practices of Soviet Yerevan and post-Soviet Astana. However, to verify the validity and generalizability of the proposed argument, the article will also briefly provide historical analysis of relocation of capitals from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and from Istanbul to Ankara. The reconstruction of the capital of Soviet Armenia, Yerevan, in the 1920s is important in understanding the role of utopias in initiating identity transformations. The central conceptual premise of the article is Samuel Huntington’s theoretical concept of a “torn country” and the redefinition of civilizational identity. One reason capitals have been relocated and new capitals have been built throughout history is a need to initiate a long-term transformation of identity.