1st Edition
Everyday Islam Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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;
Biography
Authored by Poliakov, Sergei P.; Olcott, Martha Brill
