The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia

The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781134124855
ISBN-13 : 1134124856
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Book Synopsis The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia by : Sarah Amsler

Download or read book The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia written by Sarah Amsler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through careful historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this book provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of knowledge in Central Asia. The author demonstrates that classical theories of science and society are inadequate for understanding the science project in Central Asia. Instead, a critical understanding of local science is more appropriate. In the region, the professional and political ethos of Marxism-Leninism was incorporated into the logic of science on the periphery of the Soviet empire. This book reveals that science, organizes and constructed by Soviet rule, was also defined by individual efforts of local scientists. Their work to establish themselves ‘between Marx and the market’ is therefore creating new political economies of knowledge at the edge of the scientific world system.


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