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Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia (Hardcover)
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Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
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This book discusses the evolution of state governance of Islam and
the nature and forms of local Muslims' rediscovery of their
'Muslimness' across post-communist Eurasia. It examines the effects
on the Islamic scene of the political and ideological divergence of
Central and South-Eastern Europe from Russia and most of the
Caucasus and Central Asia. Of particular interest are the
implications of the proliferation of new, 'global' interpretations
of Islam and their relationship with existing 'traditional' Islamic
beliefs and practices. The contributions in this book address these
issues through an interdisciplinary prism combining history,
religious studies/theology, social anthropology, sociology,
ethnology and political science. They analyse the greater public
presence of Islam in constitutionally secular contexts and offer a
critique of the domestication and accommodation of Islam in Europe,
comparing these to what has happened in the international Eurasian
space. The discussion is informed by the works of such thinkers as
Talal Asad, Bryan Turner, Veit Bader, Marcel Maussen and Bassam
Tibi, and utilises primary and secondary sources and ethnographic
observation. Looking at how collectivities and individuals are
defining what it means to be Muslim in a globalised Islamic
context, this book will be of great interest to scholars of
Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Political Science, Sociology
and Anthropology.
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