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 Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138019225
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208798530
Product Key Features
Author
Alfrid K. Bustanov
Publication Name
Soviet Orientalism and the Creation of Central Asian Nations
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
363g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Alfrid K. Bustanov
Series Title
Central Asian Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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