Muslim Reformers and the Bolsheviks - The Case of Daghestan

This book explores how the Muslim scholars of Daghestan, an important Muslim region within Russia, experienced the 1917 Russian Revolution and how they attempted to gain religious and political authority in the new post-imperial environment.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Histori(ographi)cal Background: The Russian Revolution and Early Soviet Rule in Daghestan (1917-1929) 2. The Concept of "Freedom" and the Issue of the Imamate in the Revolutionary Discourse of the Daghestani Reformists 3. The Visions of Daghestan's Future in Debates on Education and on the Language of Instruction 4. The New Scopes of the Islamic Discourse: Inner-Islamic and Soviet Trajectories of the 1920s in the Journal Bay¿n al-¿aq¿'iq Conclusion

About the author

Naira E. Sahakyan is a Senior Researcher at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Armenia

Summary

This book explores how the Muslim scholars of Daghestan, an important Muslim region within Russia, experienced the 1917 Russian Revolution and how they attempted to gain religious and political authority in the new post-imperial environment.

Product details

• Authors: Naira. E Sahakyan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032216218
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221621-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Ethnic Studies, Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Social research & statistics, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Social research and statistics, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General