Restless quietists : Muslim forms of life in Russia's Volga region / Matteo Benussi.

Author/creator Benussi, Matteo author.
Format Book
PublicationIthaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionvii, 242 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Pursuing truth: Russia's halal milieu and autonomist theory -- Pharaoh's conversion: from void to form-of-life -- Becoming fidelious Muslims: sincerity and ritual -- (Not quite) managing Muslim moralities: pietists, muftiates, and the state -- Seeking healing: Tatar nonpietists between askesis and ákesis -- On the shoulders of giants: extraordinary speech, truth, and intensity -- The blessed share: biznes and halal chrematistics -- Conclusion: A Graeberian reflection.
Abstract "Matteo Benussi addresses two questions at the core of the politics of Islamic ethics: How does Islamic virtue become attractive to young, aspirational urbanites in predominantly secular societies? What makes religion, no matter how quietist, almost irresistibly perturbing in the eyes of temporal authorities? His book focuses on a dimension of Islamic virtue that underlies both effects: its emancipatory potential, uncovered by putting the vicissitudes of grassroots scripturalist Islamic milieus in Russia's Tatarstan republic in resonance with anthropological reflections on ethics and insights from post-Marxist autonomist theory."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Benussi, Matteo. Restless quietists. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2025 9781501784422
LCCN 2025018571
ISBN9781501784415
ISBN9781501784408 hardcover
ISBN1501784404 hardcover
ISBN1501784412 paperback
ISBNelectronic publication
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