September 28, 2013
Third Annual Conference
September 27-28, 2013
All Central Asian states are currently involved in the global circulation of worldviews, values, ideas and commodities. Yet, the fascination with freedom or the desire to be part of the “modern world” goes hand in hand with various manifestations of criticism and resistance. As often as not, the latter mobilize custom and tradition, or at least refer to them or manufacture versions of them, in an attempt to counter the Western neoliberal model and promulgate alternative ways of being “modern”.
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