Struggle by the Pen

The Uyghur Discourse of Nation and National Interest, C.1900-1949
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-28808-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Reihe: China Studies

In Struggle by the Pen, Ondrej 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klimes, Ond&

Klimeš, Ondrej

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Acronyms

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

Chronology of Major Political Events

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Protonational Identity and Interest (1900s)

Chapter 2: Emergence of National Idea and National Agitation (1910s–1920s)

Chapter 3: Politicization of National Interest (1930s)
3.1. Turkic Insurgency (1930–34)
3.2. Administration of Sheng Shicai (1934–44)

Chapter 4: The Significance of a National Boundary in Flux (1940s)
4.1. Republican Turkic Nationalism (1930s–49)
4.2. The Three Districts’ Revolution (1944–49)

Chapter 5: Conclusion

Bibliography

Illustrations

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ondrej Klimeš, Ph.D. (2012) is a research fellow at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.