Islam after Communism : religion and politics in Central Asia /

How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these q...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khalid, Adeeb, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
©2014
Temas:
Islam > Asia, Central.
Islamic renewal > Asia, Central.
Islam and politics > Asia, Central.
Religion and politics > Asia, Central.
Islam > Asie centrale.
Renouveau islamique > Asie centrale.
Religion et politique > Asie centrale.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Islam
Islam and politics
Islamic renewal
Politics and government
Religion and politics
Nationalbewusstsein
Politisches Programm
Säkularisierung
Religionspolitik
Asia, Central > Politics and government.
Asie centrale > Politique et gouvernement.
Central Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions. Arguing that the sustained Soviet assault on Islam 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 p.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (266 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461957188
1461957184
9780520957862
0520957865
1306402751
9781306402750

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