Willem Van (Hrsg.) Schendel

Identity, Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World

Buch

Nationalism was regarded as a positive force shaping modern societies and states but in Europe it has been overshadowed by the disasters of two world wars. Outside Europe, however, it has continued to flourish throughout the 20th century. Covering Turkey, Iran, Abkhazia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, this study reveals the counter-forces unleashed by the project of nationalist modernization, and the stimulation of identity politics as the result of ruthless repression of minority languages, culture, traditions, and religion--the life-blood of minority ethnicity. The study examines how these policies have stren… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Zurcher, Erik J. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-86064-261-6
EAN: 9781860642616
Produktnummer: 1405756
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H14.5 cm x B22.3 cm x D2.9 cm 438 g
Gewicht: 438
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

Willem van Schendel is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Erik J. ZUrcher is Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden and the author of Turkey: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris, 1993).