The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia: Science Between Marx and the Market

ISBN-13: 9780415512626 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 192 str.

Sarah Amsler

Opis

Through historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this text provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of knowledge in Central Asia.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Knowledge and Power in Post-Soviet Space  2. The Colonial Logic of Science in Central Asia  3. The Social Science Project in Soviet Kirgizia  4. Knowledge and National Identity during Perestroika  5. Social Science after Communism  6. Re-Disciplining Knowledge in Kyrgyzstan: Alternative Visions of Sociology between Marx and the Market  7. Public Social Science in Central Asia  8. Conclusion 

O autorze

Sarah Amsler is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University, UK. She held previous posts at the American University–Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian Resource Centre in Kazakhstan. Her fields of expertise are the critical sociology of knowledge, the sociology of cultural institutions and the politics of science, particularly in post-colonial and post-Soviet societies.