Identity politics in Central Asia and the Muslim world :
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[Book]
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nationalism, ethnicity, and labour in the twentieth century /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Willem van Schendel and Erik J. Zürcher.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
In the U.S.A. and in Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (vi, 235 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
The library of international relations,
Volume Designation
13
ISSN of Series
8606-4080 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : opting out, opting in, exclusion, and assimilation : states and nations in the Twentieth Century / William van Schendel and Erik J. Zurcher -- 'Soviet nationalism' : an ideological legacy to the independent republics of Central Asia / Bert G. Fragner -- Nation-building in Azerbaijan : the Soviet legacy and the impact of the Karabakh Conflict / Suha Bolukbasi -- Recasting oneself, rejecting the other : pan-Turkism and Iranian nationalism / Touraj Atabaki -- Nations imagined and fragmented : Bengali ethnicity and the break up of Pakistan / Tazeen M. Murshid -- Who speaks for the nation? : nationalist rhetoric and the challenge of cultural pluralism in Bangladesh / Willem van Schendel -- The struggle for the Afghan state : centalization, nationalism, and their discontents / Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek -- Does class ever opt out of the nation? : nationalist modernization and labour in Iran / Asef Bayat -- 'Fundamentalism' as an exclusionary device in Kemalist Turkish nationalism / Erik J. Zurcher -- Conclusion : opting out of the nation / Feroz Ahmad and Jacob M. Landau.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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
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Identity politics in Central Asia and the Muslim world.