Sergei P. Poliakov, Martha Brill Olcott

Everyday Islam (eBook, PDF)

Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With a rapidly growing population, deteriorating economic and environmental conditions, and an unstable imperial centre, Soviet Central Asia would seem destined to become one of the world's trouble spots. Why then the apparent political quiet? This book argues that this perception is, in itself, a reflection of our ignorance of the region. Instead, argues the author, Islamic traditionalism has not only survived but has flourished and is resurgent in Central Asia. This book includes chapters on marital customs, the care of children, communal decision making, social prestige and values, and the "second" economy in Central Asia. Poliakov demonstrates the resilience of an "un-Soviet" way of life which is supported by underground institutions, fostered by "unofficial" clergy, and protected by the infiltration and subordination of government and party organs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315490205
• Artikelnr.: 45521923

Autorenporträt

Authored by Poliakov, Sergei P.; Olcott, Martha Brill

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Background
Chapter 1 Central Asian Traditionalism
Chapter 2 Sources of Information
Chapter 3 Some History
Part II Economic Bases of Traditionalism
Chapter 4 Traditionalism and the Economic Structure
Chapter 5 Commercial Operations
Chapter 6 Demographics and Employment
Chapter 7 Private Enterprise and Livestock
Part III Traditionalism and the Family
Chapter 8 Central Asian Family Structure
Chapter 9 Traditional Child Rearing
Chapter 10 The Mahalla
Chapter 11 Gender and Behavior
Chapter 12 The Family Budget
Part IV The Role of Religion in the Community
Chapter 13 Religious Institutions
Chapter 14 The Clergy
partV Social Dynamics of Traditionalism
Chapter 15 Traditionalism and the Working Class
Chapter 16 Traditionalism and the Intelligentsia
Chapter 17 Social Tensions