Islam and Colonialism

Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7007-1765-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Central Asia Research Forum

Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as being in a colonial relationship with Russia. Consequently, an anti-colonial revolution in Asia was seen as the greatest threat to the USSR. The book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding the region's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model, and examines how this one interpretation came to dominate western discourse to the virtual exclusion of all others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Myer, Will

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 HISTORICAL CONTEXTS; Chapter 2 COLONIALISM AND CENTRAL ASIA; Chapter 3 ANTI-COLONIALISM IN CENTRAL ASIA; Chapter 4 WRITING ON ISLAM; Chapter 5 WRITING ON ISLAM; Chapter 6 ISLAM AND OPPOSITION; Chapter 7 CONTEXTS AND OUTCOMES; epilogue EPILOGUE: CENTRAL ASIA AND THE WEST; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;

Über Autor(innen)

Will Myer read philosophy and religious studies at Leeds University before completing an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies and a PhD at SOAS, University of London. He has travelled widely in Eastern Europe, the Middle east and the former Soviet Union.