The objective of this research is to analyze the terms "salafism" and "wahhabism" in modern Russia. The question could be formulated thus: What does "salafism" and "wahhabism" mean to politicians,...Show moreThe objective of this research is to analyze the terms "salafism" and "wahhabism" in modern Russia. The question could be formulated thus: What does "salafism" and "wahhabism" mean to politicians, academics, and official Muslim clergy in Russia; How did their understanding/perception evolve in the recent history?Show less
The growing tide of nationalism in the People's Republic of China had increased the need to gain insight into discourses around national identity. This thesis analyses the Chinese self through its...Show moreThe growing tide of nationalism in the People's Republic of China had increased the need to gain insight into discourses around national identity. This thesis analyses the Chinese self through its depiction in the CCTV-series "Foreigner in China". Through its depiction of both foreigners and minority ethnicities living in the PRC and its implicit comparison to the Chinese 'self', the series appears to align closely to the division of traits as originally described in Said's "Orientalism". The Chinese self, therefore, is constructed by mirroring itself both with an Occidental other, the foreigner, and an Oriental other, the minorities depicted in the series.Show less
