TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication
Foreword by Garifolla Yesim
Introduction by Burkitbai Ayagan
Review Statements by Tursin Gabitov and other Kazakh scholars
Author's Preface (incl. Background, Acknowledgements & Overview)
Chapter One: THE DEBATE OVER ETHNIC VERSUS POLITICAL NATIONHOOD
The Debate Between the Organicist and Modernist Paradigms of 'Nations'
'Nations and Nationalisms' in the Two Paradigms
Rethinking the Alleged Dichotomy Between 'Ethnic Nations' and 'Political Nations'
Chapter Two: FRAMEWORKS AND PARADIGMS IN THE BROADER DEBATE OVER NATIONHOOD
Toward Sociological and Geo-Political Paradigms of 'Nations and Nationalism'
Toward Philosophical and Ethical Paradigms of 'Nations and Nationalism'
Five Paradigms of the Relationship and Balance Between Ethnonational, International-Global and Individual Human Identity
Chapter Three: WESTERN MODERNIST SCHOLARSHIP CONFRONTS 'THE UNIFIED ETHNONATIONAL COMPLEX'
Foundations of the Western Modernist View of Nations
'The Unified Ethnonational Complex'
The Crucial Question: Can Ethnic (Cultural) Nations Become Political Nations?
Chapter Four: THE WESTERN ALLIANCE AGAINST ETHNIC-BASED NATIONHOOD IN CENTRAL ASIA
The "Academic Wars" of Eickelman, Shnirelman, Poliakov, Porkhomovsky and Prazauskas
Khalid and 'New, Imagined' Nations in 'The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform'
Brower, Slezkine and Paksoy: Central Asian Nationhood as Russian Ethnographic Debris
Allworth, Hambly and Sinor: the 'Ingenious Soviet Strategy' for 'Creating New Nations' via 'Ethno-engineering'
'Pan-Turkism' and the Underlying Debate Revisited
Olivier Roy, Lonely Planet and Dru Gladney: Central Asian Nationhood as a Soviet Political Fabrication
Western Modernism and the 'Frankenstein' of the Post-Colonial, Post-Modern World
Chapter Five: AKINER AND OLCOTT: 'THE KAZAKHS' AND THEIR 'UNFULFILLED PROMISE' IN KAZAKHSTAN
Akiner and the 'Vulnerability of the Kazakhs to Soviet Ethno-engineering'
Olcott on the Origins and End of the Old Ethnic-based Kazakh State
Olcott on the Russian Creation of a Kazakh Nationalist Elite and Late 19th Century Conversion to Islam
The New, Modern Nation-State of Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise?
Toward Greater Appreciation for 'Ethnic-based Loyalty' in 'the Land of the Kazakhs'
Chapter Six: TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONALISM, PAN-NATIONALISM AND ETHNONATIONALISM IN KAZAKHSTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA
Appreciating the Complexity of National Rebuilding in the Post-Soviet Era
The Delicate Balance of (Ethno)National and International in Comparative Perspective
Varieties and Interrelational Dynamics of Ethnoreligious and Ethnolinguistic Nationalism
in the 'Pan-Turkic World'
Chapter Seven: ISSUES OF COMPARATIVE HISTORY: THE USA, SOUTH AFRICA AND KAZAKHSTAN
Borders, Treaties and Other Matters of Debate in Modern Kazakh Nationhood
Important Distinctions of Ethnonational Issues in U.S., South African and Central Asian History
Towards Applying Ethical Standards in Comparative Historical Perspective
Chapter Eight: THE "SINGLE ETHNIC UNITY" OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE AND THEIR NATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Turkic Nationalism in the Streams of Pre-Kazakh History
The Strength of Kazakh Ethnonational Identity Over 500 Years
'O, My Nation!'
Kenesari and 'the National Liberation Struggles of the Kazakh People Against Russian Colonialism'
'Awake, Kazakh': the Kazakh Jadidist National Movement
The December 1986 Demonstrations: 'For Every People Their Own Prince'
Ethnic-based Loyalty in Modern Independent Kazakhstan (and Central Asia)
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
APPENDIX: CLARIFYING PARADIGMS OF ETHNONATIONAL IDENTITY
ENDNOTES
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