ABSTRACT
The borderlands discourse can be clearly seen as a new "ideology of Eastness". However its "oriental" and "Orientalizing" traits are much more subtle than those of the old Kresy discourse. After all, the new borderlands discourse is a product of the liberal sector of the field of power, and its ideological assumptions are largely characteristic for the political philosophy of the Euro-enthusiastic political camp. The new borderlands discourse seems to enter into synergy with the new regionalism discourse, in which culture plays an important role as a key source of economic dynamism. Another important feature of the new regionalism discourse, which it shares with new borderlands discourse, is what Cumbers, MacKinnon and McMaster identified as neglect of power and politics in relation to potential intraregional tensions and divisions, as well as to the effects of wider processes of uneven development and political-economic regulation.
