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Orientalism and Empire

North Caucasus Mountain Peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917

By: Austin Jersild

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Orientalism and Empire

North Caucasus Mountain Peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917

By: Austin Jersild

Orientalism and Empire describes the efforts of imperial integration and incorporation that emerged in the wake of the long war. Jersild discusses religion, ethnicity, archaeology, transcription of languages, customary law, and the fate of Shamil to illustrate the work of empire-builders and the emerging imperial imagination. Drawing on both Russian and Georgian materials from Tbilisi, he shows how shared cultural concerns between Russians and Georgians were especially important to the formation of the empire in the region.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773569960

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9780773569966

The Sino-Soviet Alliance

An International History

By: Austin Jersild

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The Sino-Soviet Alliance

An International History

By: Austin Jersild

In 1950 the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China signed a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance to foster cultural and technological cooperation between the Soviet bloc and the PRC. While this treaty was intended as a break with the colonial past, Austin Jersild argues that the alliance ultimately failed because the enduring problem of Russian imperialism led to Chinese frustration with the Soviets. Jersild zeros in on the ground-level experiences of the socialist bloc advisers in China, who were involved in everything from the development of university curricula, the exploration for oil, and railway construction to piano lessons. Their goal was to reproduce a Chinese administrative elite in their own image that could serve as a valuable ally in the Soviet bloc's struggle against the United States. Interestingly, the USSR's allies in Central Europe were as frustrated by the "great power chauvinism" of the Soviet Union as was China. By exposing this aspect of the story, Jersild shows how the alliance, and finally the split, had a true international dimension.

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UNC Press Books

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1469611600

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The Future of Blasphemy

Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights

By: Austin Dacey

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The Future of Blasphemy

Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights

By: Austin Dacey

In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of failing to respect the divine. In an age of human rights, blasphemy is understood as a failure to respect persons, as insult, defamation, or "advocacy of religious hatred." The criminalisation of this personal blasphemy has been advanced at the United Nations and upheld by the European Court of Human Rights, which has asserted a universal "right to respect for religious feelings." The Future of Blasphemy turns respect on its head. Respect demands that we grant each other equal standing in the moral community, not that we never offend. Politically, respect for citizens requires a public discourse that is open to all viewpoints. Going beyond the question of free speech versus religion, The Future of Blasphemy defends an ethical model of blasphemy. Controversies surrounding sacrilege are contests over what counts as sacred, disagreements about what has central, inviolable, and incommensurable value. In such public contestation of the sacred, each of us-secular and religious alike-has equal right to speak on its behalf.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441101780

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9781441101785

Sino-Soviet Alliance

An International History

By: Austin Jersild

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Sino-Soviet Alliance

An International History

By: Austin Jersild

Sino-Soviet Alliance: An International History

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1469611597

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Orientalism and Empire

North Caucasus Mountain Peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917

By: Austin Jersild

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North Caucasus Mountain Peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917

By: Austin Jersild

Orientalism and Empire sheds new light on the little-studied Russian empire in the Caucasus by exploring the tension between national and imperial identities on the Russian frontier. Austin Jersild contributes to the growing literature on Russian "orientalism" and the Russian encounter with Islam, and reminds us of the imperial background and its contribution to the formation of the twentieth-century ethno-territorial Soviet state. Orientalism and Empire describes the efforts of imperial integration and incorporation that emerged in the wake of the long war. Jersild discusses religion, ethnicity, archaeology, transcription of languages, customary law, and the fate of Shamil to illustrate the work of empire-builders and the emerging imperial imagination. Drawing on both Russian and Georgian materials from Tbilisi, he shows how shared cultural concerns between Russians and Georgians were especially important to the formation of the empire in the region.

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0773523294

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Book's by Austin Jersild

Orientalism and Empire

Orientalism and Empire

The Sino-Soviet Alliance

The Sino-Soviet Alliance

The Future of Blasphemy

The Future of Blasphemy

Sino-Soviet Alliance

Sino-Soviet Alliance

Orientalism and Empire

Orientalism and Empire

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