Jihadism in the Russian-speaking World : The Genealogy of a Post-Soviet Phenomenon

This article proposes and argues that the birth of concepts "Russian World" and "Russian Islam" - both important to the post-Soviet Russian ideological landscape - occurred not only under the influence of similar ideas and values, but also through the authorship of the same intellectuals: heirs of the Soviet semi-dissident teachings of Georgy Shchedrovitsky. In this article, we study how these two concepts were understood by the supporters of methodological doctrine. The article further substantiates relevance of a post-socialist focus in the study of countries of the former USSR, even when it relates to new religious projects. In addition, this article highlights the importance of the non-Muslim (Soviet and Russian) roots of the development of Islamic institutions in post-Soviet Russia.

• | Author: Danis Garaev
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 27, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1032288450
• | ISBN-13: 9781032288451