The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies

The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781136838545
ISBN-13 : 1136838546
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Book Synopsis The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies by : Michael Kemper

Download or read book The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies written by Michael Kemper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western field of oriental studies and orientalism - criticised by Edward Said among others for encouraging the orient to be viewed in a particular way - has a counterpart in Russia and the Soviet Union. This book examines this Russian/Soviet intellectual tradition of oriental scholarship covering Islamic history and Muslim literatures of the USSR republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus.


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