Misunderstanding Abai and the legacy of the canon: “Neponyatnii” and “Neponyatii” Abai in contemporary Kazakhstan
The Soviet canonisation of Abai, the nineteenth-century Kazakh poet and enlightener became a problematic theme for local intellectuals in the 2010s after the Occupy Abai movement in Moscow raised concerns over the heritage of Abai as a Sovietised canon and as an independent non-Soviet thinker. In 20...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Eurasian Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879366517300283 |