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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817517803321

Autore

Klimeš Ondřej

Titolo

Struggle by the pen : the Uyghur discourse of nation and national interest, c. 1900-1949 / / by Ondrej Klimes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28809-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

China Studies, , 1570-1344 ; ; Volume 30

Disciplina

320.540951/609041

Soggetti

Uighur (Turkic people) - China - Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu - History - 20th century

Nationalism - China - Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) History Autonomy and independence movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Protonational Identity and Interest (c. 1900) -- 2 Emergence of the National Idea and National Agitation (1910's–1920's) -- 3 Politicization of National Discourse (1930's) -- 4 The Significance of a National Boundary in Flux (1930's and 1940's) -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.