Sarah Amsler is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University, UK. She held previous posts at the American University–Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian Resource Centre in Kazakhstan. Her fields of expertise are the critical sociology of knowledge, the sociology of cultural institutions and the politics of science, particularly in post-colonial and post-Soviet societies.

• Introduction 1. Knowledge and Power in Post-Soviet Space 2. The Colonial Logic of Science in Central Asia 3. The Social Science Project in Soviet Kirgizia 4. Knowledge and National Identity during Perestroika 5. Social Science after Communism 6. Re-Disciplining Knowledge in Kyrgyzstan: Alternative Visions of Sociology between Marx and the Market 7. Public Social Science in Central Asia 8. Conclusion

Sarah Amsler is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University, UK. She held previous posts at the American University–Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian Resource Centre in Kazakhstan. Her fields of expertise are the critical sociology of knowledge, the sociology of cultural institutions and the politics of science, particularly in post-colonial and post-Soviet societies.

• Introduction 1. Knowledge and Power in Post-Soviet Space 2. The Colonial Logic of Science in Central Asia 3. The Social Science Project in Soviet Kirgizia 4. Knowledge and National Identity during Perestroika 5. Social Science after Communism 6. Re-Disciplining Knowledge in Kyrgyzstan: Alternative Visions of Sociology between Marx and the Market 7. Public Social Science in Central Asia 8. Conclusion

Sarah Amsler is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University, UK. She held previous posts at the American University–Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian Resource Centre in Kazakhstan. Her fields of expertise are the critical sociology of knowledge, the sociology of cultural institutions and the politics of science, particularly in post-colonial and post-Soviet societies.

• Introduction 1. Knowledge and Power in Post-Soviet Space 2. The Colonial Logic of Science in Central Asia 3. The Social Science Project in Soviet Kirgizia 4. Knowledge and National Identity during Perestroika 5. Social Science after Communism 6. Re-Disciplining Knowledge in Kyrgyzstan: Alternative Visions of Sociology between Marx and the Market 7. Public Social Science in Central Asia 8. Conclusion