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PUBL.- Bahodir Sidikov, Deutsche Bilder und Zerrbilder von Mittelasien 

PUBLICATION 

Bahodir Sidikov, "Eine unermessliche Region. Deutsche Bilder und Zerrbilder 
von Mittelasien (1852-1914)" 
Berlin (Logos) 2003 
472 pp. ISBN 3-8325-0307-02 
Price ca. EUR 41 

The book presents and analyzes German publications on Central Asia produced 
in a more or less scientific context during the indicated period. Sidikov 
shows that Germans were very much involved with the Russian colonial project 
in Central Asia, to the point that colonizing Central Asia was in some way a 
common Russian-German enterprise. The analysis proceeds along essential 
branches of social sciences and the humanities: geography, anthropology, 
literature, linguistics, Islamic studies. The last chapter is on German 
reflections about the Russian civilizing mission in Central Asia. Besides 
offering a wealth of information on German perceptions of Central Asia, this 
book also is a contribution to the debate around Orientalism. Sidikov comes 
to the conclusion that German scholars were also involved in "constructing 
the Orient" and that they were also influenced by political and even racial 
agendas. 

Contents: 

Einfuehrung 
Kapitel I: Beinahe eine Terra Incognita 
Kapitel Ii: Fern von der "Buehne der Weltgeschichte" 
Kapitel Iii: " Grausam, heuchlerisch und feig…" 
Kapitel Iv: "Lust zu Dichten und zu Fabeln" 
Kapitel V: "Der in Blutvergiessen schwelgende Islam" 
Kapitel Vi: "Eine wahre Culturmission" 
Zusammenfassung 
Ausblick 
Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis 

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