Given the interests of this book, the ability of Natsagdorj’s image to transcend his status as a socialist-era poet constructed by the Soviet-influenced intellectual institutions of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party is a remarkable one. Natsagdorj has become a symbol of authentic Mongolian nationalism, this Romantic post-socialist form of identity that rhetorically uses historic…
This book re-examines the origins of modern Mongolian nationalism, discussing nation building as sponsored by the socialist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party and the Soviet Union and emphasizing in particular the role of the arts and the humanities. It considers the politics and society of the early revolutionary period and assesses the ways in which ideas about nationhood were construct…