From Belonging to Belief: Modern Secularisms and the Construction of Religion in Kyrgyzstan: Central Eurasia in Context
Autor Julie McBrienen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2017
From Belonging to Belief presents a nuanced ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia, as seen from the small town of Bazaar-Korgon in southern Kyrgyzstan. Opening with the juxtaposition of a statue of Lenin and a mosque in the town square, Julie McBrien proceeds to peel away the multiple layers that have shaped the return of public Islam in the region. She explores belief and nonbelief, varying practices of Islam, discourses of extremism, and the role of the state, to elucidate the everyday experiences of Bazaar-Korgonians. McBrien shows how Islam is explored, lived, and debated in both conventional and novel sites: a Soviet-era cleric who continues to hold great influence; popular television programs; religious instruction at wedding parties; clothing; celebrations; and others. Through ethnographic research, McBrien reveals how moving toward Islam is not a simple step but rather a deliberate and personal journey of experimentation, testing, and knowledge acquisition. Moreover she argues that religion is not always a matter of belief—sometimes it is essentially about belonging.
From Belonging to Belief offers an important corrective to studies that focus only on the pious turns among Muslims in Central Asia, and instead shows the complex process of evolving religion in a region that has experienced both Soviet atheism and post-Soviet secularism, each of which has profoundly formed the way Muslims interpret and live Islam.
From Belonging to Belief offers an important corrective to studies that focus only on the pious turns among Muslims in Central Asia, and instead shows the complex process of evolving religion in a region that has experienced both Soviet atheism and post-Soviet secularism, each of which has profoundly formed the way Muslims interpret and live Islam.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780822965084
ISBN-10: 0822965089
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 48 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
Seria Central Eurasia in Context
ISBN-10: 0822965089
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 48 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
Seria Central Eurasia in Context
Recenzii
“Through her close-in studies of religion, secularism and modernity in Kyrgyzstan, as manifest across weddings and Portuguese television to debates over mosques and schools, McBrien makes a powerful case for bringing Soviet and post-Soviet nonliberal forms of secularism into current analytical debates.”
—John R. Bowen, Washington University in St. Louis
—John R. Bowen, Washington University in St. Louis
"...McBrien, using her skill as a storyteller, brings us close to Bazaar-Korgon's public sphere and its everyday life and shows us how the people she writes about understands Islam and how they perceive themselves as Muslims. . . .this is necessary reading for anyone interested in both post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, as well as contemporary Islam in central Asia."
—Paulina Niechciat, Journal of Religion in Europe
—Paulina Niechciat, Journal of Religion in Europe
“This monograph offers valuable on-the-ground accounts of post-Soviet Islamic transformations.” —The Journal of Religion
Notă biografică
Julie McBrien is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.