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- Title
The affective politics of sovereignty: reflecting on the 2010 conflict in Kyrgyzstan.
- Authors
Gullette, David; Heathershaw, John
- Abstract
This article examines the concept of sovereignty in elite and popular affection during the violent and turbulent events from April to October 2010 in the Kyrgyz Republic. Nationalist leaders promoted Kyrgyz ethnic values and ideals as the center of sovereignty held by some to be under threat. These events exemplify what we describe as the affective politics of sovereignty. We explore how emotion, in particular, serves as an important component of the constitution of sovereignty as both an international and popular institution. We explore how Kyrgyz identity has become intertwined with the sovereignty of Kyrgyzstan and clashes with Western multi-ethnic conceptions and practices.
- Subjects
KYRGYZSTAN; SOVEREIGNTY; HISTORY of Kyrgyzstan; KYRGYZ; UZBEKS; ETHNICITY; ETHNOGENESIS; HISTORY of revolutions; HISTORY of nationalism; TWENTY-first century; HISTORY; PRACTICAL politics
- Publication
Nationalities Papers, 2015, Vol 43, Issue 1, p122
- ISSN
0090-5992
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/00905992.2014.970526