Azerbejdżańska tożsamość narodowa przedstawiona w satyrycznym dwutygodniku "Mołła Nasreddin" (1906-1931)

• Authors: Barbara Patlewicz

Title variants

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Azerbaijani National Identity in the Satirical Biweekly "Molla Nasreddin" (1906-1931)

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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It is hard to overestimate the role of “Molla Nasreddin”, a satiric magazine in Azerbaijani, in the development of the press in Caucasus. It was a pioneering activity which led to creating similar publications. “Tips of a feather are the driving force for a sword”, this proverb fully describes the eight-page biweekly which became one of the most influential newspapers in the history of Azerbaijan. The analysis of the texts and caricatures published in the “Molla Nasreddin” indicate the common aim of its authors. It was propagating the European model of society though not its copying. The publishers of the journal often mentioned the role of culture and education in creating identity. They provided clear criteria aimed at helping to differentiate real liberal values proclaimed by Western intelligentsia from Russian authoritarianism. According to them, adaptation to modernity should be gradual with the visible separation of the religion from cultural and social transformations. The journal was published with some breaks for 25 years, from 1906 to 1931, against political unrest started by the revolution in 1905, World War I, the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, establishing Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and its Soviet takeover in 1920.

Keywords

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satirical magazines; Azerbaijani national identity; Azerbaijani language; Azerbaijan Democratic Republic; Pan-Islamism; Pan-Turkism

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne
• Journal: Przegląd Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1-2(245-246)
• Pages: 48-60

Contributors

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Barbara Patlewicz

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński