02627nam 2200481 450 991079303310332120230126220144.01-4985-6837-8(CKB)4100000006096214(MiAaPQ)EBC5493579(EXLCZ)99410000000609621420180929d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe dialectics of post-Soviet modernity and the changing contours of Islamic discourse in Azerbaijan toward a resacralization of public space /Murad IsmayilovLanham :Lexington Books,[2018]©20181 online resource (195 pages)Contemporary Central Asia: societies, politics, and cultures1-4985-6836-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Hybrid intentionality and exogenous sources of the elite's manifold attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan : geography, Soviet legacy, and the quest for Western recognition -- The complicity of the domestic populace, secular opposition, civil society, and the international community in reproducing the religious secular divide and the representation of Islam as a threat -- The contextual dialectics of elite attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan -- The dynamics of change : the bridging of the religious-secular divide and the normalization of Islamic discourse across Azerbaijan's social-political landscape -- Normalization of Islamic discourse and the future of Islam in Azerbaijan : quo vadis? -- A shared landscape of Islamism across the secularized Middle East.This study examines the relationship between the Azerbaijani state and its society in the post-Soviet period. The author analyzes the growing cooperation between secular and religious sectors, the normalization of Islamic discourse, and elite attitudes toward Islam.Islam and stateAzerbaijanIslamAzerbaijanElite (Social sciences)AzerbaijanAttitudesIslamAzerbaijanPublic opinionIslam and stateIslamElite (Social sciences)Attitudes.IslamPublic opinion.297.094754Ismayilov Murad1471545MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793033103321The dialectics of post-Soviet modernity and the changing contours of Islamic discourse in Azerbaijan3683857UNINA