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- Title
The Return of the Aryan Myth: Tajikistan in Search of a Secularized National Ideology.
- Authors
Laruelle, Marlene
- Abstract
The article discusses the findings of a study related to the national identity concerning the Aryan origin of the people of Tajikistan. According to the article, the Tajik language, which connects Tajikistan to the Iranian-speaking zone, raises the fear of submerging the Tajik identity. It was found that the official ideology of the country is centered on national facts and the Aryan myth was the main issue by which Tajikistan disassociated itself from its neighboring states in Central Asia.
- Subjects
TAJIKISTAN; CENTRAL Asia; ETHNOLOGY research; NATIONAL character; INDO-Iranians; TAJIK language; IDEOLOGY
- Publication
Nationalities Papers, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
0090-5992
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/00905990601124462