Journal article

‘The State Starts From The Family’: Peace And Harmony In Tajikistan'S Eastern Pamirs

Year:

2013

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Central Asian Survey
well-being
peace
harmony
state
family
eastern Pamirs
Tajikistan
Kyrgyz
Murghab

Based on anthropological fieldwork between 2008 and 2011, this article focuses on how people in Tajikistan's eastern Pamirs conceptualize well-being through the establishment of peace and harmony. An exploration of the interactional use of the terms ‘peace’ and ‘harmony’ in Kyrgyz and Tajik (

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