KAZAKHSTAN: THE PHENOMENON OF “IMPOSED IDENTITY”

Authors

  • Elena BUROVA D.Sc. (Philos.), Professor, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Political Science, Ministry of Education and Science,Republic of Kazakhstan; President of the Information-Consultative Perspektiva Group Public Foundation (Astana, Kazakhstan) Author

Abstract

Today, we all (I mean the people of Kazakhstan) have come dangerously close to the “point of no return” beyond which our unique ethnoconfessional community will cease to exist. This has been brought about, among other things, by the geopolitical strategy designed to plant ideas of separatism in people’s minds: for several decades now (in the past two decades in particular) much has been done to impose a false religious identity on those who live in the republic. This means that we should create certain mechanisms to monitor social processes and defuse potential tension. Today, the state should do all it can to keep these processes of utmost importance in check. 

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Here and elsewhere the graphs are based on the returns of public opinion polls carried out by the Information-Consultative Perspektiva Group Public Foundation.

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Published

2011-06-30

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2011): 3 (12) 2011

Section

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

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How to Cite

BUROVA, E. (2011). KAZAKHSTAN: THE PHENOMENON OF “IMPOSED IDENTITY”. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS, 12(3), 64-78. https://ca-c.org/CAC/index.php/cac/article/view/1831

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