Digital Book Launch
"Post-liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia
Imaginaries, Discourses and Practices of Social Disordering"
by Philipp Lottholz
Tuesday, February 28 2023, online, 5 to 6 pm
Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood and development, this illuminating book examines post-liberal statebuilding in Central Asia. Through its analysis, the book highlights the problem with assumptions about liberal democracy, modern statehood and capitalist development as the standard template for post-conflict countries.
Chair: PD Dr. Heidi Hein-Kircher (Herder-Insitute, Marburg)
Commentaries: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker (Philipps-University of Marburg) and Dr. Andrew Neal (University of Edinburgh)
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