Russia's Muslim Frontiers: New Directions in Cross-Cultural Analysis (Arab and Islamic Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253208238 ISBN 13: 9780253208231

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Readers will find fresh and thought-provoking studies: the differing approaches of the U.S. and the [former] Soviet Union to Middle East policy, Central Asia, and South Asia... provide grounds for self-criticism and the exploration of new directions." -John L. Esposito ... recommended highly for its expert analyses of political Islam." -Journal of Third World Studies Russian, Central Asian, and American scholars appraise recent political and religious developments among Russia's Muslim neighbors.

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Review:

"Readers will find fresh and thought-provoking studies: the differing approaches of the U.S. and the [former] Soviet Union to Middle East policy, Central Asia, and South Asia ... provide grounds for self-criticism and the exploration of new directions." John L. Esposito

Synopsis:

Russian, Central Asian, and American scholars candidly assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of their respective past and present approaches to understanding political and religious developments in the Muslim world. Richard W. Cottam and Georgy M. Korniyenko demonstrate that much of U.S. and Soviet conduct in the Middle East after World War II was based on reciprocal misperceptions. Martha Brill Olcott, Alexei V. Malashenko, and Abdujabar Abduvakhitov emphasize the endurance of supposedly suppressed or obliterated religious and national identities in the Central Asian nations.Victor G. Korgun and David B. Edwards offer different perspectives on the Soviet Union's failed attempt to establish secular socialist rule in Afghanistan. Tribe and national identities among the Bakhtiyari and Kurds of Iran are discussed by Gene R. Garthwaite. The Islamization of Pakistan is considered by Vyacheslav Ya. Belokrenitsky, Dimitri B. Novossyolov, and Richard Kurin. Muhammad Khalid Masud calls for new directions in the cross-cultural analysis of politics and religion in Muslim states.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0253208238
• ISBN 13: 9780253208231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206
• Editor: Eickelman Dale F.