For Putin and for Sharia

Dagestani Muslims and the Islamic State

AvIwona Kaliszewska

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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For Putin and for Sharia examines what it means to support sharia in twenty-first-century Dagestan, where calls for an Islamic state coexist with nostalgia for the days of Stalin's rule and Mecca calendars hang alongside portraits of Putin. Confronting existing narratives about sharia, terrorism, and anti-terrorism through ethnographic fieldwork, Iwona Kaliszewska looks at the beliefs and practices of Dagestani Muslims, revealing that the pursuit of sharia can assume a range of forms from sweeping visions of an Islamic state imposed through violence, to minor acts of everyday resistance against injustice, to attempts to restore the security and stability once afforded by the Soviet state. In For Putin and for Sharia, Kaliszewska challenges the official dichotomy of Muslims as supporting either the political underground or state authorities and deconstructs the Salafi/Sufi division between the so-called reformists and traditional Islam.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Cornell University Press
ISBN:9781501767623
Översättare:Barys, Arthur

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Iwona Kaliszewska is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw. She is the author of numerous publications and is Codirector of The Strongwoman, a documentary about a Dagestani female wrestler.

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For Putin and for Sharia is a fine ethnographic description of a part of the Caucasus that has received little attention from Western scholars. Throughout the book Kaliszewska takes the perspective of her interlocutors toward the state and its actions against citizens. This is not only brave, as she is confronted with violence and the state security apparatus for doing so, her approach also uncovers the controversial world of Salafi-oriented Muslims.(The Russian Review) Iwona Kaliszewska's book is a fine piece of scholarship and an engaging read.(Europe-Asia Studies) Kaliszewska's book is a fine piece of scholarship and an engaging read due to the author's vivid style.(Europe-Asia Studies)

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue: Pizza with ShakhidkasIntroduction: Sipping Coffee to the Sound of Gunfire1. Political and Social Instability in Dagestan2. Torture, Exorcisms, and Checkpoints: Experiencing the "Fight against Terrorism"3. The Resurgent Importance of Islam in the Everyday Life of Dagestanis4. Wahhabis, Tariqatists, and "New Muslims"5. Sharia: Thinking beyond the (Secular) State?Conclusion