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‘There Can Be No Other Sun in the Sky’: Political Myth, Spirituality and Legitimacy in Contemporary Kazakhstan

verfasst von : Mia Orange, Bo Petersson

Erschienen in: Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

With the elimination of the Soviet Union the rulers of the suddenly independent Central Asian states urgently had to identify other ways and means of legitimizing their hold on power. This chapter is an analysis of how this quest has fared in the case of Kazakhstan.

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Titel: ‘There Can Be No Other Sun in the Sky’: Political Myth, Spirituality and Legitimacy in Contemporary Kazakhstan
verfasst von: Mia Orange
Bo Petersson
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-39000-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-39001-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39001-7_3