The dialectics of Post-Soviet modernity and the changing contours of Islamic discourse in Azerbaijan: toward a resacralization of public space
This study examines the relationship between the Azerbaijani state and its society in the post-Soviet period. The author analyzes the growing cooperation between secular and religious sectors, the normalization of Islamic discourse, and elite attitudes toward Islam
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Contempoary Cental Asia: societies, politics, and cultures
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Azerbaijan
/ Public space
/ Sacralization
/ Islam
/ Attitude
/ Public opinion
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| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam KBK Europe (East) |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam and state
Azerbaijan
B Elite (Social sciences) Attitudes Azerbaijan B Islam Azerbaijan B Islam Public opinion Azerbaijan |
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| Summary: | This study examines the relationship between the Azerbaijani state and its society in the post-Soviet period. The author analyzes the growing cooperation between secular and religious sectors, the normalization of Islamic discourse, and elite attitudes toward Islam Hybrid intentionality and exogenous sources of the elite's manifold attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan : geography, Soviet legacy, and the quest for Western recognition -- The complicity of the domestic populace, secular opposition, civil society, and the international community in reproducing the religious secular divide and the representation of Islam as a threat -- The contextual dialectics of elite attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan -- The dynamics of change : the bridging of the religious-secular divide and the normalization of Islamic discourse across Azerbaijan's social-political landscape -- Normalization of Islamic discourse and the future of Islam in Azerbaijan : quo vadis? -- A shared landscape of Islamism across the secularized Middle East |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 149856836X |