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Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World

Identity Politics in Central Asia and the Muslim World

Schendel, Illen Van
Schendel, Willem Van
Zurcher, E.

Hardcover

Series: Library of International Relations

General Political Science

ISBN10: 1860642616
ISBN13: 9781860642616
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 27 2001
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.94
Height: 1.01 Width: 5.88 Depth: 8.78
Language: English
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 it has continued to enjoy a heyday throughout the 20th century. Covering Turkey, Iran, Abghazia, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Afganistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, this study lays bare 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. This study examines how these policies, which include Islam as the basis of nation-building in, for example, Pakistan and the post-Pahlavi Iran, have strengthened identity politics and the movements for opting out of the nation.

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