A state of passion: The use of ethnogenesis in Kyrgyzstan

Inner Asia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-279

  Gullette, David ^a  

^a Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Askar Akaev; Charisma; Ethnicity; Ethnogenesis; Genealogical imagination; Kyrgyzstan; Lev Gumilev; Passion; State

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; SOCIAL THEORY; STATE BUILDING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 63049087448     PISSN: 14648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000000008793066768     Document Type: Article

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