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Muslims of Central Asia An Introduction

Yemelianova Galina M.
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781474416320
Publisert
2019-01-03
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Innbundet

Forfatter
Yemelianova Galina M.

Biografisk notat

Galina M. Yemelianova has researched and taught for over thirty years on various aspects of Middle Eastern and Eurasian history and contemporary Muslim politics. Among her books are Russia and Islam: A Historical Survey (2002), Islam in post-Soviet Russia (2003) and Radical Islam in the former Soviet Union (2010).

Muslims of Central Asia An Introduction

Yemelianova Galina M.
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
Yemelianova Galina M.
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
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Overall, this book is a remarkable contribution to contemporary area studies, particularly in relation to positioning Islam’s role in the history of Central Asian Muslims, as well as in their current political, spiritual, economic and societal affairs.

- Elmira Akhmetova, The Muslim World Book Review, Vol. 40, No. 4

Galina Yemelianova’s Muslims in Central Asia is a unique study which traces the history of Muslims and Islam in what, in the 19th century, became Russia- and later Soviet-controlled Central Asia. In this meticulously researched book, Yemelianova offers a panoramic overview of the political, economic, cultural and religious developments in this part of Central Asia from the Russian takeover to the present day and explains which factors make it 　so distinct. This is a much-needed book about the region which is still poorly understood in the West despite its importance in the current geopolitical dynamics.

Vera Tolz, The University of Manchester

Between the tenth and sixteenth centuries Central Asia was one of the most prestigious cultural areas of the entire Muslim world, playing a pivotal role in the Silk Road trade. Throughout that history, and up to the present, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Turkmen and other Muslim peoples of Central Asia have developed their own unique understanding and practice of Islam which has shaped their national identity and particular social and political evolution. These special characteristics of Central Asian Islam ensured its survival during seventy years of Soviet atheist rule, while in the post-Soviet period Islam has been integrated into nation-building projects in constitutionally secular Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. This absorbing history is traced in this fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region’s people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic identity in the face of enduring external Islamic and non-Islamic dominations, ethnic nationalisms and, more recently, global transnational Islamic influences.
Les mer
This fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region’s people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic identity in the face of enduring external Islamic and non-Islamic dominations, ethnic nationalisms and, more recently, global transnational Islamic influences.
Les mer
Acknowledgements List of illustrations Note on transliteration Abbreviations and acronyms Glossary Introduction PART I: CENTRAL ASIA IN THE PRE-RUSSIAN, RUSSIAN AND SOVIET PERIODS Chapter 1 - Muslims of Central Asia before the Russian Conquest Chapter 2 - Russian Conquest and Rule of Central Asia Chapter 3 - Sovietisation of Central Asia PART II: CENTRAL ASIAN MUSLIMS AFTER INDEPENDENCE Chapter 4 - Muslims of Uzbekistan Chapter 5 - Muslims of Kazakhstan Chapter 6 - Muslims of Kyrgyzstan Chapter 7 - Muslims of Tajikistan Chapter 8 - Muslims of Turkmenistan Conclusion Bibliography Index
Les mer
The first integrated account of the Muslims of the present-day states of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

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Overall, this book is a remarkable contribution to contemporary area studies, particularly in relation to positioning Islam’s role in the history of Central Asian Muslims, as well as in their current political, spiritual, economic and societal affairs.

- Elmira Akhmetova, The Muslim World Book Review, Vol. 40, No. 4

Galina Yemelianova’s Muslims in Central Asia is a unique study which traces the history of Muslims and Islam in what, in the 19th century, became Russia- and later Soviet-controlled Central Asia. In this meticulously researched book, Yemelianova offers a panoramic overview of the political, economic, cultural and religious developments in this part of Central Asia from the Russian takeover to the present day and explains which factors make it 　so distinct. This is a much-needed book about the region which is still poorly understood in the West despite its importance in the current geopolitical dynamics.

Vera Tolz, The University of Manchester

Between the tenth and sixteenth centuries Central Asia was one of the most prestigious cultural areas of the entire Muslim world, playing a pivotal role in the Silk Road trade. Throughout that history, and up to the present, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Turkmen and other Muslim peoples of Central Asia have developed their own unique understanding and practice of Islam which has shaped their national identity and particular social and political evolution. These special characteristics of Central Asian Islam ensured its survival during seventy years of Soviet atheist rule, while in the post-Soviet period Islam has been integrated into nation-building projects in constitutionally secular Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. This absorbing history is traced in this fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region’s people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic identity in the face of enduring external Islamic and non-Islamic dominations, ethnic nationalisms and, more recently, global transnational Islamic influences.
Les mer
This fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region’s people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic identity in the face of enduring external Islamic and non-Islamic dominations, ethnic nationalisms and, more recently, global transnational Islamic influences.
Les mer
Acknowledgements List of illustrations Note on transliteration Abbreviations and acronyms Glossary Introduction PART I: CENTRAL ASIA IN THE PRE-RUSSIAN, RUSSIAN AND SOVIET PERIODS Chapter 1 - Muslims of Central Asia before the Russian Conquest Chapter 2 - Russian Conquest and Rule of Central Asia Chapter 3 - Sovietisation of Central Asia PART II: CENTRAL ASIAN MUSLIMS AFTER INDEPENDENCE Chapter 4 - Muslims of Uzbekistan Chapter 5 - Muslims of Kazakhstan Chapter 6 - Muslims of Kyrgyzstan Chapter 7 - Muslims of Tajikistan Chapter 8 - Muslims of Turkmenistan Conclusion Bibliography Index
Les mer
The first integrated account of the Muslims of the present-day states of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781474416320
Publisert
2019-01-03
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Yemelianova Galina M.

Biografisk notat

Galina M. Yemelianova has researched and taught for over thirty years on various aspects of Middle Eastern and Eurasian history and contemporary Muslim politics. Among her books are Russia and Islam: A Historical Survey (2002), Islam in post-Soviet Russia (2003) and Radical Islam in the former Soviet Union (2010).

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