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Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of nation-building.

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Marlene Laruelle paves the way to the more focused and necessary outlook on Central Asia, a region that is not a periphery but a central space for emerging conceptual debates and complexities. Above all, the book is a product of Laruelle's trademark excellence in balancing empirical depth with vigorous theoretical advancements. --Diana T. Kudaibergenova, University of Cambridge There is no other book that delves so deeply into the complex issue of Central Asia nation-building. Laruelle offers comprehensive empirical evidence to highlight similarities and differences in the processes whereby the leaderships of four Central Asian states attempted to build their nationhood after the Soviet collapse. --Luca Anceschi, University of Glasgow Using the concept of hybridity, Laruelle explores the multitude of historical, political and geopolitical factors that predetermine different ways of looking at nations and various configurations of nation-building in post-Soviet Central Asia. Those manifold contexts present a general picture of the transformation that the former southern periphery of the USSR has been going through in the past decades. --Sergey Abashin, European University at St Petersburg

'The presentation of the history of official narrative-formation and the debate around it as well as the challenges posed by the realities of today's society is fascinating reading' Slavic Review 'An important addition to a fairly small body of work on this region of the world. ... Essential material to understand the current period in Central Asia.' Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 'A much-anticipated book, which is going to become the go-to resource for every reader interested in nationalism in Central Asia.' New Books Network 'The author's research is highly commendable as it highlights the promotion of national languages as part of the nation-building process.' Europe-Asia Studies

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Marlene Laruelle is Director and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University. Dr Laruelle is also Director of GW’s Central Asia Program. She received her Ph.D. in history at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (INALCO) and her post-doctoral degree in political science at Sciences-Po in Paris. She has published widely on ideology, nationalism, and identity and their impact on domestic and foreign policies in the post-Soviet space.

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