Johan Rasanayagam: 2 books
Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan
The Morality of Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
The Uzbekistan government has been criticized for its brutal suppression of its Muslim population. This book, which is based on the author's intimate acquaintance with the region and several years of ethnographic research, is about how Muslims in this part of the world negotiate their religious practices...
Constructing the Uzbek State
Narratives of Post-Soviet Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central Asia as a region, its economic and trade potential, and its demographic weight: every other Central Asian...