Constitutional Faith Law and Hope in Revolutionary Kyrgyzstan

Beyer, Judith

Constitutional Faith Law and Hope in Revolutionary Kyrgyzstan

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2015

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Ethnos : Journal of Anthropology ; 80 (2015), 3. - pp. 320-345. - ISSN 0014-1844. - eISSN 1469-588X

Abstract

This article investigates the interrelation between law and hope in the context of constitutional change in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Drawing upon ethnographic and textual data, it is shown that the constitution has acquired particular discursive importance in Kyrgyzstan each time the foundations of the state have been severely challenged or shattered. Paying particular attention to three major political conflicts, the article demonstrates how, in the aftermath of each, speeches, performances, presentations and conversations were infused with ‘constitutional faith’, binding together the political elite and ordinary citizens in an expression of their general hope that constitutional change could bring about a better future. I view constitutional faith as a practice of hope that allows people to actively engage with their being-in-the-world, particularly in times of crisis. In the aftermath of large-scale political conflict, with which I am concerned here, it can become a faith-based mode of conflict resolution.

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300 Social Sciences, Sociology

Keywords

Kyrgyzstan, conflict, law, hope, religion, political change

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BEYER, Judith, 2015. Constitutional Faith Law and Hope in Revolutionary Kyrgyzstan. In: Ethnos : Journal of Anthropology. 80(3), pp. 320-345. ISSN 0014-1844. eISSN 1469-588X. Available under: doi: 10.1080/00141844.2013.841270

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  doi={10.1080/00141844.2013.841270},
  title={Constitutional Faith Law and Hope in Revolutionary Kyrgyzstan},
  number={3},
  volume={80},
  issn={0014-1844},
  journal={Ethnos : Journal of Anthropology},
  pages={320--345},
  author={Beyer, Judith}
}

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