ISBN:
978-0-520-24927-1
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 241 S. :
,
Kt. ;
,
24 cm.
DDC:
297.2720958
Keywords:
Geschichte 1991-2004
;
Geschichte 1917-2004
;
Islamisme
;
Politik
;
Islam and politics
;
Islam
;
Islamic renewal
;
Religion and politics
;
Islam.
;
Politisches System.
;
Politisches Programm.
;
Midden-Azië
;
Zentralasien
;
Asia, Central Politics and government
;
Mittelasien.
;
Zentralasien.
;
Islam
;
Politisches System
;
Geschichte 1991-2004
;
Islam
;
Politisches Programm
;
Geschichte 1917-2004
Abstract:
Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history in this sophisticated analysis of the ways that Muslim societies in Central Asia have been transformed by the Soviet presence in the region. Arguing that the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world featured a sustained assault on Islam that destroyed patterns of Islamic learning and thoroughly de-Islamized public life, Khalid demonstrates that Islam became synonymous with tradition and was subordinated to powerful ethnonational identities that crystallized during the Soviet period. He shows how this legacy endures today and how, for the vast majority of the population, a return to Islam means the recovery of traditions destroyed under Communism.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index
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http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=016469975&sequence=000010&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=15747
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006021901.html
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