“The Archives Talk” – Paolo Sartori’s Contribution to the History of Central Asia
Alexander Morrison
3/2018
Forum AI
Paolo Sartori, Visions of Justice: Sharīʿa and Cultural Change in Russian Central Asia (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016). 392 pp. Bibliography. Index. ISBN: 978-90-04-33090-0.
SUMMARY:
This review essay discusses the book: Paolo Sartori, Visions of Justice: Sharīʿa and Cultural Change in Russian Central Asia (= Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic and Central Asian Studies, Vol. 24) (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016). 392 pp. Bibliography. Index. ISBN: 978-90-04-33090-0. The author expands his analysis to other publications by Sartori and offers his understanding of the scholar’s overall contribution to the field of Central Asian Studies.