Murad Ismayilov

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan

Toward a Resacralization of Public Space

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781498568364
• ISBN-10: 149856836X
• Artikelnr.: 50451485

Autorenporträt

By Murad Ismayilov

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Hybrid Intentionality and Exogenous Sources of the Elite's
Manifold Attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan: Geography, Soviet Legacy, and
the Quest for Western Recognition Chapter 2: 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 Chapter 3: The Contextual Dialectics of
Elite Attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan Chapter 4: The Dynamics of Change:
The Bridging of the Religious-Secular Divide and the Normalization of
Islamic Discourse across Azerbaijan's Social-Political Landscape Chapter 5:
Normalization of Islamic Discourse and the Future of Islam in Azerbaijan:
Quo Vadis? Chapter 6: A Shared Landscape of Islamism across the Secularized
Middle East