Spiritually Ours, Factually Yours: Karelia and Russia in Finnish Public Consciousness
Source
Europa Regional, 24.2016, 1/2, (2017), pp. 65-79ISSN
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Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Sociale geografie
Journal title
Europa Regional
Volume
vol. 24.2016
Issue
iss. 1/2
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 65
Page end
p. 79
Subject
Institute for Management ResearchAbstract
Based on an analysis of the leading Finnish newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, this paper explores Finnish attitudes towards and understandings of Russia. It pays special attention to the so-called Karelia Question and the way it has shaped public discussion in Finland. The article seeks to investigate human signifying practices in the region’s specific social and cultural circumstances and explains meaning-making as a social practice. It evaluates how public opinion, as expressed in the letters page of the newspaper, has evolved and been affected by the broader changes that have occurred at the border. There are clear changes over time, both in a quantitative and qualitative sense. This may be summarised as representing a trend of general fading into history, but also as a more cyclical effect and as the interplay between bilateral relations and broader geopolitical changes.
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