'Pre-Islamic Survivals' in Muslim Central Asia - Tsarist, Soviet and Post-Soviet Ethnography in World Historical Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

The book traces the conceptual lens of historical-cultural 'survivals' from the late 19th-century theories of E.B. Tylor, James Frazer, and others, in debate with monotheistic 'degenerationists' and Protestant anti-Catholic polemicists, back to its origins in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions as well as later more secularized forms in the German Enlightenment and Romanticist movements. These historical sources, particularly the 'dual faith' tradition of Russian Orthodoxy, significantly shaped both Tsarist and later Soviet ethnography of Muslim Central Asia, helping guide and justify their respective religious missionary, social-legal, political and other imperial agendas. They continue impacting post-Soviet historiography in complex and debated ways. Drawing from European, Central Asian, Middle Eastern and world history, the fields of ethnography and anthropology, as well as Christian and Islamic studies, the volume contributes to scholarship on 'syncretism' and 'conversion', definitions of Islam, history as identity and heritage, and more. It is situated within a broader global historical frame, addressing debates over 'pre-Islamic Survivals' among Turkish and Iranian as well as Egyptian, North African Berber, Black African and South Asian Muslim Peoples while critiquing the legacy of the Geertzian 'cultural turn' within Western post-colonialist scholarship in relation to diverging trends of historiography in the post-World War Two era.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Islam and Global Studies
Release date:	February 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	R. Charles Weller
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	404
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-5696-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > History of other lands Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Promotions
LSN:	981-19-5696-0
Barcode:	9789811956966

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