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Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a
demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process
is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-a-vis other age groups.
Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a
"youth bulge" increases the potential for conflict or whether it
represents a chance to accumulate wealth and push forward social
and technological developments. This book introduces the discussion
about youth bulge into social anthropology using Tajikistan, a
post-Soviet country that experienced civil war in the 1990s, which
is in the middle of such a demographic transition. Sophie Roche
develops a social anthropological approach to analyze demographic
and political dynamics, and suggests a new way of thinking about
social change in youth bulge societies.
This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their
relationship with the state and other religions, offering a
perspective on gender and shamanism that has often been neglected
in previous accounts. An international range of contributors cover
a broad geographical scope, ranging from Siberia to South Asia, and
Iran to Japan. Several key themes are considered, including the
role of bureaucratic established religions in integrating,
challenging and fighting shamanic practices, the position of women
within shamaniccomplexes, and perceptions of the body,. Beginning
with a chapter that places the shamaness at the centre of the
discussion, chapters then approach these issues in a variety of
ways, from historically informed accounts, to presenting the
findings of extensive ethnographic research by the authors
themselves. Offering an important counterbalance to male dominated
accounts of shamanism, this book will be of great interest to
scholars of Indigenous Peoples across Religious Studies,
Anthropology, Asian Studies, and Gender Studies.
This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their
relationship with the state and other religions, offering a
perspective on gender and shamanism that has often been neglected
in previous accounts. An international range of contributors cover
a broad geographical scope, ranging from Siberia to South Asia, and
Iran to Japan. Several key themes are considered, including the
role of bureaucratic established religions in integrating,
challenging and fighting shamanic practices, the position of women
within shamaniccomplexes, and perceptions of the body,. Beginning
with a chapter that places the shamaness at the centre of the
discussion, chapters then approach these issues in a variety of
ways, from historically informed accounts, to presenting the
findings of extensive ethnographic research by the authors
themselves. Offering an important counterbalance to male dominated
accounts of shamanism, this book will be of great interest to
scholars of Indigenous Peoples across Religious Studies,
Anthropology, Asian Studies, and Gender Studies.
Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a
demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process
is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-a-vis other age groups.
Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a
"youth bulge" increases the potential for conflict or whether it
represents a chance to accumulate wealth and push forward social
and technological developments. This book introduces the discussion
about youth bulge into social anthropology using Tajikistan, a
post-Soviet country that experienced civil war in the 1990s, which
is in the middle of such a demographic transition. Sophie Roche
develops a social anthropological approach to analyze demographic
and political dynamics, and suggests a new way of thinking about
social change in youth bulge societies.
How could a person portrayed as a terrorist by the Tajik state also
be seen as a mujahid fighter in Islam and be a cousin all at the
same time? Is this just a matter of perspective and
conceptualization? To believe in the protection of concepts to
safeguard groups and individuals from the uncertain character of
the world, is to deny the existence of chance and the
contradictions in life. This book uses approaches from existential
anthropology to enquire into the question of how concepts and
experiences relate. The focus is on the way the notions jihad,
mujahid and terrorism were used during a military intervention in
Tajikistan in 2010. The book includes long-term ethnographic
material, popular pamphlets on Islam and an internet analysis of
the conflict, offering new insights into how concepts and
experiences relate. Since the end of the Soviet Union, the people
from the republic Tajikistan have struggled to find a place in the
larger Muslim world, a painful process unfolding in relation to
global events, discourses and politics. The primary readership for
the book will come from academia and policy makers. The book
presents novel material on a fascinating and highly important
topic, the nature of ostensibly Islamist political violence against
the state in Tajikistan. John Heathershaw
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