Mohammad-Reza Djalili
Autor/a de Tajikistan: The Trials of Independence
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Mohammad-Reza Djalili
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
Membres
Ressenyes
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 9
- Membres
- 34
- Popularitat
- #413,653
- Valoració
- 3.3
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 18
- Llengües
- 2
While covering a wide range of subjects relative to Tajikistan, the essays are in my opinion intellectually weak. Almost all the essays regurgitate the same Cold War propaganda about evil Soviet machinations in Central Asia. One of the essays even goes as far as arguing that socialism, rather than eliminating or at least reducing ethnic divisions, actually created more ethnic division than what existed in the pre-Soviet period by ending ethnic “complementarity” …????????????
I’d recommend those interested in Tajikistan read either Adeeb Khalid’s book on Uzbekistan (which has a fantastic, albeit brief, chapter on Tajikistan), or Tim Epkenhans book on the Tajikistan civil war.… (més)