Image of Islam in Russia

Informationen zum Autor Greg Simons is Associate Professor with the IRES at Uppsala University, Sweden; at Department of Communication Sciences and a Leading Researcher at the Business Technology Institute at Turiba University, Riga, Latvia; a leading researcher at the Humanitarian Institute of Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. Zusammenfassung This book covers the developing and important issue of the role and place of Islam in the increasingly complex dynamics of Russian politics. This is achieved by examining various aspects of Islam and Muslims in Russia from a multidisciplinary perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the image of Islam in Russia Greg Simons 1. Islamic practice and state policies towards religion in post-Soviet Russia Bulat Akhmetkarimov 2. Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia Kaarina Aitamurto 3. Religious political technology: Damir Mukhetdinov’s ‘Russian Islam’ Michael Kemper 4. Translating Islam into the language of the Russian state and the Orthodox Church Gulnaz Sibgatullina 5. Constructing the image of Islam in contemporary Russian print media: the language strategies and politics of misrepresentation Sofya Ragozina 6. Islamic masculinities in action: the construction of masculinity in Russian visual culture about the Chechen wars Erik Vlaeminck 7. Crafting mosque-state relations through community-service work: the case of Yardam mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan Liliya Karimova

Product details

• Authors: Greg (Institute for Russian and Eurasian S Simons
• Assisted by: Greg Simons (Editor), Simons Greg (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367642631
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64263-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, Cultural Studies, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Politics and government, Religion and Politics