UID:
almahu_9949703189902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004491670
,
9789004125162
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 4
Content:
Evading Reality treats the great ideological/political struggle embroiling literate Central Asia during the early 20th century. One of the region's leading cultural intellectuals, Abdalrauf Fitrat (1886-1938), in his Bukharan and Turkistan homeland, for over two decades fought against the restrictive notions of arch-conservative Muslim hierarchies as well as the rigid dogmatism of communists. This study translates and analyzes three (one in two versions) of Mr. Fitrat's key writings composed in the second stage of this war of ideas. The early 1920s, already a period of state thought control, obliged him to evade the ostracism of authorities by speaking out both deceptively and disarmingly at one time. In the end, his writings succeeded in arming his spiritual descendants in the battle against Marxist ideology. His literary devices confused opponents, delighted adherents and provide a rich legacy for today's Tajik and Uzbek societies.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Evading Reality : The Devices of 'Abdalrauf Fitrat. Modern Central Asian Reformist. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2002 ISBN 9789004125162
Language:
English
