ISBN:
9789004288096
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 280 pages)
,
color illustrations
Series Statement:
China studies volume 30
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Klimeš, Ondřej, 1977 - Struggle by the pen
Keywords:
Uighur (Turkic people) History 20th century
;
Nationalism
;
Autonomy and independence movements
;
Ethnic relations
;
Nationalism
;
Uighur (Turkic people)
;
History
;
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) History
;
Autonomy and independence movements
;
China Ethnic relations
;
China
;
China ; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
;
Sinkiang
;
Uiguren
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Protonational Identity and Interest (c. 1900) -- 2 Emergence of the National Idea and National Agitation (1910s–1920s) -- 3 Politicization of National Discourse (1930s) -- 4 The Significance of a National Boundary in Flux (1930s and 1940s) -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
In Struggle by the Pen , Ondřej Klimeš explores the emergence of national consciousness and nationalist ideology of Uyghurs in Xinjiang from c. 1900-1949. Drawing from texts written by modern Uyghur intellectuals, politicians and propagandists throughout this period, he identifies diverse types of Uyghur discourse on the nation and national interest, and traces the emergence and construction of modern Uyghur national identity. The author also demonstrates that the modern Uyghur intelligentsia regarded political emancipation and social modernization as the two most important interests of their nation, and that they envisaged Uyghurs as citizens of a modern republican state founded on the principles of representative government. This book thus presents a new perspective on Uyghur intellectual history and on Republican Xinjiang
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index
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