[Bilimsel Haber] PUBL.- Rufat Sattarov: Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan

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PUBL.- Rufat Sattarov: Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan

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Publication:

Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan.  Between
Historical Legacy and Post-Soviet Reality - with special reference to
Baku and its environs.

By Rufat Sattarov

Band 11 der Reihe Kaukasienstudien

ISBN 978-3-89500-692-0
2009, Gebunden. 394 Seiten, 240 x 170 mm, 12 s/w Ab

Available at:

http://www.reichertverlag.de

The dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 and the
appearance of new independent states in its place resulted in dramatic
changes in geopolitics. Because of its strategic importance,
Azerbaijan emerged as one of the new spheres of the world community's
interests. Moreover, the historical legacy of Azerbaijan as a part of
the Great Silk Road as well as a meeting point of western and eastern
cultures makes it a very attractive object of research. Finally, the
essentially moderate Islamic framework in Azerbaijan and its unique
character as the only country throughout the post-Soviet space in
which a major part of the population belong to Shi'a Islam distinguish
it from other Muslim republics of the former USSR.  The main focus of
investigation of this book is the way in which interaction between
Islam, state and society took place in Azerbaijan in the unique
historical-cultural and socio-political contexts.


Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Islam in Azerbaijan: an historical perspective

Chapter 2 - Islam as a political and social factor in
    late-Soviet/early independent Azerbaijan

Chapter 3 - Islam, state, and society under Heydar Aliyev (1993-2003)

Chapter 4 - Legal regulation of Islam in Azerbaijan

Chapter 5 - Islam in party politics and "political Islam"

Chapter 6 - "Organised" Islam in independent Azerbaijan


About the author:

Rufat Sattarov is a lecturer and research fellow in the Institute of
Turkology at the Free University Berlin, Germany.



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