Islam after communism: religion and politics in Central Asia

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 sust...

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Main Author: Khalid, Adeeb 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley [u.a.] University of California Press 2007
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Summary: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 of traditions destroyed under Communism.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index
Physical Description:XII, 241 S. Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780520249271