Politicizing Islam in Central Asia from the Russian revolution to the Afghan and Syrian jihads / Kathleen Collins.
| Author/creator | Collins, Kathleen, 1971- |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xxiv, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | PART I. Introduction: 1. Secular Authoritarianism, Ideology, and Islamist Mobilization -- PART II. The USSR Politicizes Islam: 2. The Russian Revolution and Muslim Mobilization -- 3. The Atheist State: Repressing and Politicizing Islam -- 4. Muslim Belief and Everyday Resistance -- PART III. Tajikistan: From Moderate Islamists to Muslim Democrats: 5. The Islamic Revival Party Challenges Communism -- 6. A Democratic Islamic Party Confronts An Extremist Secular State -- 7. The Attraction and Limits of Islamist Ideas in Tajikistan -- PART IV. Uzbekistan: From Salafists to Salafi-Jihadists: 8. Seeking Justice and Purity: Islamists against Communism and Karimov -- 9. Making Extremists: The Uzbek Jihad Moves to Afghanistan -- 10. The Attraction and Limits of Islamist Ideas in Uzbekistan -- PART V. Kyrgyzstan: Civil Islam and Emergent Islamists: 11. Religious Liberalization and Civil Islam in Kyrgyzstan -- 12. Emergent Islamism in Kyrgyzstan -- 13. The Attraction and Limits of Islamist Ideas in Kyrgyzstan -- PART VI. From Central Asia to Syria: Transnational Salafi-Jihadists: 14. Central Asians Join the Syrian Jihad -- 15. From Central Asia to Afghanistan, Syria, and Beyond -- Appendix -- Glossary. |
| Abstract | "The introduction sets forth the two sets of questions that motivate this book. First, under what conditions does Islam become the language and the defining character of political opposition movements? Why has this Islamist mobilization taken place in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, whereas in Kyrgyzstan, civil Islam-rather than Islamism-has predominated? And why have three distinct waves of Islamist organizations and movements emerged and mobilized from the 1980s through the 2010s? Second, why do some Islamist organizations achieve relatively high mobilization, attracting a mass following, whereas many others remain fringe groups, or disappear altogether? What strategies do Islamists employ to win a social base? Are ordinary people attracted to any of the multiple Islamist movements that have surfaced? The chapter also reviews the book's country cases and the Islamist movements within each country, as well as the research methodology"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022050250 |
| ISBN | 9780197685075 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780197685068 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |