Ethno-Genesis and Invention of Tradition as a Tools of Power Legitimization in States of Central Asia Cover Image

Etnogeneza i tradycja wynaleziona jako instrumenty legitymizacji władzy w państwach Azji Centralnej
Ethno-Genesis and Invention of Tradition as a Tools of Power Legitimization in States of Central Asia

Author(s): Andrzej Wierzbicki
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: ethno-genesis; invention of tradition; ethnic nation; legitimization; Central Asia

Summary/Abstract: The Author tries to prove that power elites of Central Asia’s belonging mostly to titular nations states are looking for sources of their legitimization and the legitimization of new political organisms. They recover it in ethno-genesis, definition of paradigms ethnic nation or inventing of national tradition. The older history of given nation and his rooting in the region, the stronger are the basis of his internal and international legitimization.

  • Issue Year: 43/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 43-57
  • Page Count: 15