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Soviet Orientalism and the Creation of Central Asian Nations
Engelsk Paperback
Soviet Orientalism and the Creation of Central Asian Nations
Engelsk Paperback

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Orientalism – the idea that the standpoint of Western writers on the East greatly affected what they wrote about the East, the "Other" – applied also in Russia and the Soviet Union, where the study of the many exotic peoples incorporated into the Russian Empire, often in quite late imperial times, became a major academic industry, where, as in the West, the standpoint of writers greatly affected what they wrote. Russian/Soviet orientalism had a particularly important impact in Central Asia, where in early Soviet times new republics, later states, were created, often based on the distorted perceptions of scholars in St Petersburg and Moscow, and often cutting across previously existing political and cultural boundaries. The book explores how the Soviet orientalism academic industry influenced the creation of Central Asian nations. It discusses the content of oriental sources and discourses, considers the differences between scholars working in St Petersburg and Moscow and those working more locally in Central Asia, providing a rich picture of academic politics, and shows how academic cultural classification cemented political boundaries, often in unhelpful ways.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
172
ISBN-13:
9780815365723
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0815365721
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Udg. Dato:
13 okt 2017
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
231mm
Højde:
156mm
Forlag:
Taylor & Francis Inc
Oplagsdato:
13 okt 2017
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