Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia

by Sergei P. Poliakov and Martha Brill Olcott

Book Overview

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 only survived but has flourished and is resurgent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873326741
• ISBN13: 9780873326742
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"