Question of racism in the thought of the ideologists of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929–1945)

Authors

  • Marcin Jędrysiak University of Wrocław

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34767/SIIP.2018.17.10

Keywords:

Ukraine, racism, nationalism, OUN, ideology, fascism

Abstract

The goal of the article is to show what role did the racist elements play in the ideology of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
and whether they were present in that ideology at all. In the scientific discourse it remains controversial, whether OUN was in fact a fascist organization. Those discussions very often ignore the question of racism and its role in both Italian fascism and Ukrainian nationalism. It is also rarely analyzed what was the nature of those racist elements. In the article the historical-legal method has been used, as well as the comparative method. The problem has not been analyzed in the chronological manner, in order to secure the clarity of the article Applied structure of the paper allows showing the analyzed problem from the most general questions to more detailed ones. Works of the ideologists connected with OUN, such as Dmytro Dontsov, Volodymyr Martynec’, Dmytro Orlyk, Yuliyan Vassyjan and Yuriy Lypa have been analyzed, Author decided to underline most important parts of their thought presented in their books and pamphlets and compare their views on each issue. It allowed to indicate that racism is often a topic presented in the works of the ideologists of OUN, although there is no one version of that thought. Every author presents his own view on that topic and other approach. However, they seem to become gradually more interested in the problem of the race in late 30’s and 40’s. However Ukrainian racism is not a biological racism. It treats the race as the spiritual phenomenon with a biological substrate.

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2018-11-22

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Question of racism in the thought of the ideologists of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929–1945). (2018). World of Ideas and Politics, 17, 214-239. https://doi.org/10.34767/SIIP.2018.17.10