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An exhilarating and often hilarious account of a dedicated fan
addicted to the bittersweet experience of watching football during
the dark days of football violence, when pre match entertainment
usually consisted of a pie, a pint and a punch up.
Religious Identity and Social Change offers a macro and micro
analysis of the dynamics of rapid social and religious change
occurring within the Muslim world. Drawing on rich ethnographic and
quantitative research in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, David Radford
provides theoretical insight into the nature of religious and
social change and ethnic identity transformation exploring
significant questions concerning why people convert and what
happens when they do so. A crisis of identity occurs when religious
conversion takes place, especially from one major religious
tradition (Islam) to another (Christianity); and where religious
identity is intimately connected to ethnic and national identity.
Radford argues for the importance of recognising the socially
constructed nature of identity involving the dynamic interplay
between human agency, culture and social networks. Kyrgyz
Christians have been active agents in bringing religious and
identity transformation building upon the contextual parameters in
which they are situated.
Religious Identity and Social Change offers a macro and micro
analysis of the dynamics of rapid social and religious change
occurring within the Muslim world. Drawing on rich ethnographic and
quantitative research in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, David Radford
provides theoretical insight into the nature of religious and
social change and ethnic identity transformation exploring
significant questions concerning why people convert and what
happens when they do so. A crisis of identity occurs when religious
conversion takes place, especially from one major religious
tradition (Islam) to another (Christianity); and where religious
identity is intimately connected to ethnic and national identity.
Radford argues for the importance of recognising the socially
constructed nature of identity involving the dynamic interplay
between human agency, culture and social networks. Kyrgyz
Christians have been active agents in bringing religious and
identity transformation building upon the contextual parameters in
which they are situated.
More than two decades after the break-up of the Soviet Union,
Central Asian republics-Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-continue to reexamine and debate whom
and what they represent. Nationalism and Identity Construction in
Central Asia explores the complex and controversial process of
identity formation in the region using a "3D" framework, which
stands for "Dimensions", "Dynamics," and "Directions" of nation
building. The first part of the framework-dimensions-underscores
the new and complex ways in which nationalisms and identities
manifest themselves in Central Asia. The second part-dynamics-is
premised on the idea that nationalisms and identity construction in
the Central Asian republics may indicate some continuities with the
past, but are more concerned with legitimation of the present power
politics in these states. It calls for the identification of the
main actors, strategies, tactics, interests, and reactions to the
processes of nationalism and identity construction. The third part
of the framework-directions-addresses implications of nationalisms
and identity construction in Central Asia for regional and
international peace and cooperation. Jointly, the chapters of the
volume address domestic and international-level dimensions,
dynamics, and directions of identity formation in Central Asia.
What unites these works is their shared modern and post-modern
understanding of nations, nationalisms, and identities as
discursive, strategic, and tactical formations. They are viewed as
"constructed" and "imagined" and therefore continuously changing,
but also fragmented and contested.
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