Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia
Title | Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephane A. Dudolgnon |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136888853 |
First Published in 2001. This volume contains the proceedings of the international colloquium held by the IAS Project in October 1999. These papers deal with the modem and contemporary history of Central Eurasia, for a comprehensive reflection on various phenomena that led to a political valuation of Islam under non-Muslim domination, whether Russian or Chinese, since the beginning of the 18th century. A comparative approach to the current situations in the Russian Federation and the newly independent states of Central Asia has allowed us to study the various modes of the political instrumentalization of Islam, by both political power and opposition, in such various areas as the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan and the Volga-Urals region of Russia.
Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security
Title | Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security PDF eBook |
Author | Shireen Hunter |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 625 |
Release | 2016-09-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1315290111 |
This richly detailed study traces the shared history of Russia and Islam in expanding compass - from the Tatar civilization within the Russian heartland, to the conquered territories of the Caucasus and Central Asia, to the larger geopolitical and security context of contemporary Russia on the civilizational divide. The study's distinctive analytical drive stresses political and geopolitical relationships over time and into the very complicated present. Rich with insight, the book is also an incomparable source of factual information about Russia's Muslim populations, religious institutions, political organizations, and ideological movements.
FOR PROPHET AND TSAR
Title | FOR PROPHET AND TSAR PDF eBook |
Author | Robert D Crews |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674032231 |
In stark contrast to the popular "clash of civilizations" theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support. For Prophet and Tsar unearths the fascinating relationship between an empire and its subjects. As America and Western Europe debate how best to secure the allegiances of their Muslim populations, Crews offers a unique and critical historical vantage point.
Islam and the Russian Empire
Title | Islam and the Russian Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Helene Carrere D'Encausse |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1988-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520065048 |
"A particularly valuable work. In my judgment, it contains the best account of nineteenth-century Muslim societies in Central Asia. It is, I think, indispensable to an understanding of the events that followed."--Ira Lapidus, co-editor of Islam, Politics and Social Movements
Islam in Central Asia
Title | Islam in Central Asia PDF eBook |
Author | L. R. Polonskai︠a︡ |
Publisher | Ithaca Press (GB) |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Religion |
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The policy of Islam and Muslims under the Communist regime, the recent renaissance of Islamic culture in the region, and the influence of Islam in politics during the break-up of the USSR are also discussed. The book concludes with a look to the future, evaluating the position of the emergent Muslim states in Central Asia, and their relationship to the new Russian state.
Islam after Communism
Title | Islam after Communism PDF eBook |
Author | Adeeb Khalid |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2014-02-08 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0520957865 |
How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions. Arguing that the sustained Soviet assault on Islam 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 of traditions destroyed under Communism. Islam after Communism reasons that the fear of a rampant radical Islam that dominates both Western thought and many of Central Asia’s governments should be tempered with an understanding of the politics of antiterrorism, which allows governments to justify their own authoritarian policies by casting all opposition as extremist. Placing the Central Asian experience in the broad comparative perspective of the history of modern Islam, Khalid argues against essentialist views of Islam and Muslims and provides a nuanced and well-informed discussion of the forces at work in this crucial region.
Political Islam and Conflicts in Russia and Central Asia
Title | Political Islam and Conflicts in Russia and Central Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Lena Jonson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Asia, Central |
ISBN | 9789171839589 |