Today nationalism is the sole universally accepted criterion of statehood legitimization. Similarly, human groups wishing to be recognized as fully fledged participants in international relations must define themselves as nations. This concept of world politics underscores the need for openended, broad- ranging, novel, and interdisciplinary research into nationalism and ethnicity. It promotes better understanding of the phenomena relating to social, political, and economic life, both past and present.

Cezary Obracht-Prondzy?ski is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gda?sk, Poland. He is vice-president of the Kashubian Institute, a former editor-in-chief of and editorial secretary for . He is the author of numerous books and articles on Kashubian identity and history, including . Tomasz Wicherkiewicz is Adjunct Professor in Linguistics and Chair of Oriental Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna?, Poland. He is a member of the Kashubian Language Board and the Kashubian Institute and carries out field research among minority language communities in Europe and Asia. He is the author of

«Man kann nur wünschen, dass diese ausführliche und in ihren Bewertungen recht ausgewogene Darstellung der kaschubischen Sache aus der Feder der Betroffenen ein breites Echo findet. Sie hat es verdient, da sie gegenwärtig die ausführlichste wissenschaftliche Darstellung zu diesem Thema in einer westlichen Sprache ist.» (Klaus Steinke, Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken 20, 2012/2)

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Contents: Cezary Obracht-Prondzy?ski/Tomasz Wicherkiewicz: Introduction – Józef Borzyszkowski: A History of the Kashubs until the End of Communism – Jerzy Treder: The Kashubian Language and its Dialects: The Range of Use – Jerzy Treder/Cezary Obracht-Prondzy?ski: Kashubian Literature: The Phenomenon, its History and its Social Dimension – Tomasz Wicherkiewicz: Language Policy and the Sociolinguistics of Kashubian – Cezary Obracht-Prondzy?ski: Dilemmas of Modern Kashubian Identity and Culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis