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oapen-20.500.12657-315022023-01-31T18:46:27Z Fragile Conviction Pelkmans, Mathijs Anthropology scientific atheism evangelical Christianity Sunni Islamic revivalism Ideology Kyrgyzstan Pentecostalism Soviet Union Tablighi Jamaat bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography How does ideology function during periods of political and economic turmoil? This book, based on long-term ethnographic research in a destitute former mining town in Kyrgyzstan, testifies to the precariousness of life in the former Soviet republics in the decades after the collapse of the USSR. It follows inhabitants as they make sense of a radically changing world and as they try to imbue their lives with relevance and direction, while concentrating in depth on their engagement with a range of religious ideas and other ideological currents, including scientific atheism, evangelical Christianity, Sunni Islamic revivalism, and traditional shamanistic beliefs. By examining such a broad variety of belief systems and how they manifest themselves in daily life, the author provides new insights into how ideology works (or fails to work) and how cultural and religious convictions are collectively produced and shaped. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-03-10 03:00:30 2020-04-01T13:37:40Z 2020-04-01T13:37:40Z 2017-02-14 book 627435 OCN: 957077683 9781501705137 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31502 eng application/pdf n/a 627435.pdf Cornell University Press 10.26530/oapen_627435 100416 10.26530/oapen_627435 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781501705137 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Ithaca, NY 100416 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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How does ideology function during periods of political and economic turmoil? This book, based on long-term ethnographic research in a destitute former mining town in Kyrgyzstan, testifies to the precariousness of life in the former Soviet republics in the decades after the collapse of the USSR. It follows inhabitants as they make sense of a radically changing world and as they try to imbue their lives with relevance and direction, while concentrating in depth on their engagement with a range of religious ideas and other ideological currents, including scientific atheism, evangelical Christianity, Sunni Islamic revivalism, and traditional shamanistic beliefs. By examining such a broad variety of belief systems and how they manifest themselves in daily life, the author provides new insights into how ideology works (or fails to work) and how cultural and religious convictions are collectively produced and shaped.
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