Islam after Communism Religion and Politics in Central Asia

Name: Islam after Communism Religion and Politics in Central Asia
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ISBN: 9780520249271

ISBN-10: 0520249275

ISBN-13: 9780520249271

Edition: 2007

Authors: Adeeb Khalid

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Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history in this sophisticated analysis of the ways that Muslim societies in Central Asia have been transformed by the Soviet presence in the region. Arguing that the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world featured a sustained assault on Islam that 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 period. He shows how this legacy endures today and how, for the vast majority of the population, a return to Islam means the recovery…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 253
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Contents


List of Maps


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Islam in Central Asia



Empire and the Challenge of Modernity



The Soviet Assault on Islam



Islam as National Heritage



The Revival of Islam



Islam in Opposition



The Politics of Antiterrorism


Conclusion: Andijan and Beyond


Glossary


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index