Barbare Janelidze Religion, Politics and Modernity in Georgia: The Case of May 17th, 2013 Barbare Janelidze - University of Kassel (Germany). barbare.janelidze@iliauni.edu.ge In post-Soviet Georgia, the relationship between the Georgian Orthodox Church [GOC] and the politics manifest itself in two ways: the instrumentalization of GOC by the political parties and the government, as well as the attempts by GOC to strengthen its political infuence. This paper tries to go beyond a purely institutional level and explores the deeply internalized perception of Christian Orthodoxy as a core element of Georgian identity. Such perception leads to formation of diferent societal groups consolidated around diferent religious beliefs and political views. This article analyzes controversies and clashes between these groups during a confict occurred on May 17, 2013, when a small antihomophobic event was attacked by a big group of counter-protestants. The study focuses on this case and uses, as its core methodology, in-depth interviews, participant observation and interpretive analysis. Keywords: religion, politics, secularization, modernity, traditional, national identity, public space, social confict, confrontational sides. Джанелидзе Б. Религия, политика и modernity в Грузии: дебаты вокруг событий 17 мая 2013 г. // Государство, религия, церковь в России и за рубежом. 2016. N2. С. 92-106. Janelidze, Barbare (2016) "Religion, Politics and Modernity in Georgia: The Case of May 17th, 2013", Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov' v Rossii i za rubezhom 34(2): 92-106. стр. 92 Лес расцветает нарядный, Ласточки в небе поют, Листья лозы виноградной Слезы весенние льют. Горы все краше да краше, Луг разноцветный пригож. Милая родина наша, Ты?то когда расцветешь? Илья Чавчавадзе, "Весна" (1861) (Перевод Н. Заболоцкого) Семнадцатое мая УТРОМ 17 мая 2014 г. в небольшом парке, расположенном на площади Свободы в столице Грузии Тб ... Читать далее