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    Fragile Conviction

    Changing Ideological Landscapes in Urban Kyrgyzstan

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    Author(s)
    Pelkmans, Mathijs
    Collection
    Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
    Number
    100416
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    How does ideology function during periods of political and economic turmoil? This book, based on long-term ethnographic research in a destitute former mining town in Kyrgyzstan, testifies to the precariousness of life in the former Soviet republics in the decades after the collapse of the USSR. It follows inhabitants as they make sense of a radically changing world and as they try to imbue their lives with relevance and direction, while concentrating in depth on their engagement with a range of religious ideas and other ideological currents, including scientific atheism, evangelical Christianity, Sunni Islamic revivalism, and traditional shamanistic beliefs. By examining such a broad variety of belief systems and how they manifest themselves in daily life, the author provides new insights into how ideology works (or fails to work) and how cultural and religious convictions are collectively produced and shaped.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31502
    Keywords
    Anthropology; scientific atheism; evangelical Christianity; Sunni Islamic revivalism; Ideology; Kyrgyzstan; Pentecostalism; Soviet Union; Tablighi Jamaat
    DOI
    10.26530/oapen_627435
    ISBN
    9781501705137
    OCN
    957077683
    Publisher
    Cornell University Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/
    Publication date and place
    Ithaca, NY, 2017-02-14
    Grantor
    • Knowledge Unlatched - 100416 - KU Select 2016 Front List Collection
    Classification
    Social and cultural anthropology
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Atheism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism; Ideology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology; Kyrgyzstan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan; Pentecostalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism; Soviet Union - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union; Tablighi Jamaat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablighi_Jamaat
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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