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Islam in Central Asia 30 years after independence: debates, controversies and the critique of a critique

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  • Adeeb Khalid

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The study of Islam in Central Asia has undergone enormous transformations in the 30 years since the Soviet era came to an end. Over the last three decades, a sizable corpus of literature on Islam in Central Asia has appeared across several disciplines. There has also been considerable debate over methods and approach: What questions are important to ask? Which kinds of sources are the most significant? Which voices from among Central Asians are the most important? This study has two main aims. First, it provides an overview of the various literatures on Islam in Central Asia, with a sense of their trajectories in the three decades since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Second, and more importantly, it offers a critique of the critique mentioned above. The study does so by examining the ideological and methodological assumptions that underpin it and by articulating the stakes involved, a task that has not yet been undertaken.

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  • Adeeb Khalid, 2021. "Islam in Central Asia 30 years after independence: debates, controversies and the critique of a critique," Central Asian Survey, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 539-554, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ccasxx:v:40:y:2021:i:4:p:539-554
    DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2021.1923458
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