This book is an ethnographic account of Islam in Uzbekistan and the processes of reasoning through which individuals develop an understanding of what it means to be a Muslim. It describes state efforts to define and control religious expression, the ruthless suppression of anything considered 'deviant', and the atmosphere of fear this generates amongst ordinary Muslims. The boo...(展开全部)

This book is an ethnographic account of Islam in Uzbekistan and the processes of reasoning through which individuals develop an understanding of what it means to be a Muslim. It describes state efforts to define and control religious expression, the ruthless suppression of anything considered 'deviant', and the atmosphere of fear this generates amongst ordinary Muslims. The boo...(展开全部)

This fascinating and timely volume analyzes data from a four-year study of the religious experience in contemporary China—the results of which will radically transform the understanding of the role religion plays in twenty-first-century Chinese culture. Focused on the Han Chinese, who make up more than ninety percent of mainland China’s population, Religious Experience in Conte...(展开全部)

The Post-Secular in Question considers whether there has in fact been a religious resurgence of global dimensions in recent decades. This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism in today's world. Foregrounding the most urgent and comp...(展开全部)

The Post-Secular in Question considers whether there has in fact been a religious resurgence of global dimensions in recent decades. This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism in today's world. Foregrounding the most urgent and comp...(展开全部)

The Soviet Union created a unique form of urban modernity, developing institutions of social provisioning for hundreds of millions of people in small and medium-sized industrial cities spread across a vast territory. After the collapse of socialism these institutions were profoundly shaken - casualties, in the eyes of many observers, of market-oriented reforms associated with n...(展开全部)

In this Now-Classic Book, The Making of the Soviet System, Moshe Lewin traces the transformation of Russian society and the Russian political system in the period between the two world wars, a transformation that was to lead to Stalinism in the 1930s. Lewin focuses on the changes stemming from war, revolution, civil war, and industrialization, and he discusses such topics as ru...(展开全部)