"Tadżycy w zwierciadle historii" Emomalego Rahmona jako podstawa tadżyckiej polityki historycznej
Emomali Rahmon’s “Tajiks in the Mirror of History” as the Basis of Tajik Historical Politics

Author(s): Piotr Szustakiewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Aryans; Emomali Rahmon; Politics of history; Samanids; Tajiks in the mirror of history; Tajikistan
Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes selected narrative threads contained in the book "Tajiks in the Mirror of History" by the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, related to the emergence of Tajik historical memory. The starting point for the research contained in the essay are the reflections of the British philosopher and social sociologist Ernest Gellner, who believes that nationalism is not the product of nations existing for centuries, but national-building movements that created modern nation states. A specific vision and interpretation of historical events often served to create a sense of belonging to a national community. In the case of contemporary Tajikistan, this process can be seen in the book "Tajiks in the Mirror of History", which the author proves by analyzing two selected threads - the description of the earliest history of the Aryans in Central Asia and the reign of the Samanid dynasty. The themes present in President Rahmon's work have become in the 21st century one of the most important elements of Tajik historical policy. For the sake of clarity, the author has also included a short historical outline.

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