The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan : Toward a Resacralization of Public Space.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Hybrid Intentionality and Exogenous Sources of the Elite's Manifold Attitudes to Islam in Azerbaijan -- 2 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 -- 3 The Contextual Dialectics of Elite Attitudes toward Islam in Azerbaijan -- 4 The Dynamics of Change -- 5 The Normalization of Islamic Discourse and the Future of Islam in Azerbaijan -- 6 A Shared Landscape of Islamism across the Secularized Middle East -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

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