The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia: Science between Marx and the Market (Central Asia Research Forum)

Amsler, Sarah

ISBN 10: 041551262X / ISBN 13: 9780415512626

Published by Routledge, 2011

About this Item

Through historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this text provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of knowledge in Central Asia. Series: Central Asia Research Forum. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHM; JKS; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 294. . 2011. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia: Science between Marx and the Market (Central Asia Research Forum)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041551262X
• ISBN 13: 9780415512626
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Through careful historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this book provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of knowledge in Central Asia. The author demonstrates that classical theories of science and society are inadequate for understanding the science project in Central Asia. Instead, a critical understanding of local science is more appropriate.

In the region, the professional and political ethos of Marxism-Leninism was incorporated into the logic of science on the periphery of the Soviet empire. This book reveals that science, organizes and constructed by Soviet rule, was also defined by individual efforts of local scientists. Their work to establish themselves ‘between Marx and the market’ is therefore creating new political economies of knowledge at the edge of the scientific world system.

About the Author

Sarah Amsler is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University, UK. She held previous posts at the American University–Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian Resource Centre in Kazakhstan. Her fields of expertise are the critical sociology of knowledge, the sociology of cultural institutions and the politics of science, particularly in post-colonial and post-Soviet societies.