Being Muslim in Central Asia

Practices, Politics, and Identities
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-30680-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

Reihe: Eurasian Studies Library

This volume explores the changing place of Islam in contemporary Central Asia, understanding religion as a “societal shaper” – a roadmap for navigating quickly evolving social and cultural values. Islam can take on multiple colors and identities, from a purely transcendental faith in God to a cauldron of ideological ferment for political ideology, via diverse culture-, community-, and history-based phenomena. The volumes discusses what it means to be a Muslim in today’s Central Asia by looking at both historical and sociological features, investigates the relationship between Islam, politics and the state, the changing role of Islam in terms of societal values, and the issue of female attire as a public debate. Contributors include: Aurélie Biard, Tim Epkenhans, Nurgul Esenamanova, Azamat Junisbai, Barbara Junisbai, Marlene Laruelle, Marintha Miles, Emil Nasritdinov, Shahnoza Nozimova, Yaacov Ro'i, Wendell Schwab, Manja Stephan-Emmrich, Rano Turaeva, Alon Wainer, Alexander Wolters, Galina M. Yemelianova, Baurzhan Zhussupov

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Laruelle, Marlène

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Marlene Laruelle
Part 1: What Does It Mean to Be a Muslim in Today’s Central Asia?
1 How ‘Muslim’ are Central Asian Muslims? A Historical and Comparative Enquiry Galina Yemelianova 2 Two Countries, Five Years: Islam in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Through the Lens of Public Opinion Surveys Barbara Junisbai, Azamat Junisbai, and Baurzhan Zhussupov 3 Uzbekness and Islam: A Survey-based Analysis of Identity in Uzbekistan Yaacov Ro'i and Alon Wainer
Part 2: Islam, Politics, and the State
4 The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan: Episodes of Islamic Activism, Postconflict, Accommodation, and Political Marginalization Tim Epkenhans 5 Power, “Original” Islam, and the Reactivation of a Religious Utopia in Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan Aurélie Biard 6 Islamic Finance and the State in Central Asia Alexander Wolters
Part 3: Islam in Evolving Societies and Identities
7 Visual Culture and Islam in Kazakhstan: The Case of Asyl Arna’s Social Media Wendell Schwab 8 Playing Cosmopolitan: Muslim Self-fashioning, Migration, and (Be-)Longing in the Tajik Dubai Business Sector Manja Stephan-Emmrich 9 Informal Economies in the Post-Soviet Space: Post-Soviet Islam and Its Role in Ordering Entrepreneurship in Central Asia Rano Turaeva
Part 4: Female Attire as a Public Debate
10 The War of Billboards: Hijab, Secularism, and Public Space in Bishkek Emil Nasritdinov and Nurgul Esenamanova 11 Hijab in a Changing Tajik Society Shahnoza Nozimova 12 Switching to Satr: An Ethnography of the Particular in Women’s Choices in Head Coverings in Tajikistan Marintha Miles Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marlene Laruelle, Ph.D., is Associate Director and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University. She is also a Co-Director of PONARS and Director of the Central Asia Program.