ABSTRACT
This collection of studies uses the processes of analysis and self-analysis to examine the social, political and spiritual forces at work in the post-Soviet world. The text includes discussions of ethnohistory, political anthropology and ethnic conflict, and symbolic anthropology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Ethnohistory: Seeking Roots and Self-Identity
chapter |17 pages
Ethnogenesis and Ethnocultural Relationships of the Turkic Peoples of the Volga and Urals
Problems and Tasks
part II|59 pages
Political Anthropology: Interpreting Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflict, and Sociocultural Norms
part III|114 pages
Symbolic Anthropology: Seeking Riches of Folk Wisdom and Values in Ritual and Tradition
part IV|9 pages
Native Ethnographers Unite: A Folklore Manifesto
