The dialectics of post-Soviet modernity and the changing contours of Islamic discourse in Azerbaijan : toward a resacralization of public space / Murad Ismayilov. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextSeries: Contemporary Central Asia: societies, politics, and culturesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type:- 9781498568371 (e-book)
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- BP63.A94 .I863 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.