Adeeb Khalid Bücher

Adeeb Khalid provides a comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-18th century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule

How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? This title combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions.

This work examines cultural debates in Central Asia during Russian rule, exploring Russia's role as a colonial power and the politics of Islamic reform movements. It describes how the Jadids sought to safeguard the indigenous Islamic culture by adapting it to the modern state.

In Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. He explores the complex interaction between Uzbek intellectuals, local Bolsheviks, and Moscow to sketch out the flux of the situation in early-Soviet Central Asia. His focus on the Uzbek intelligentsia allows him to recast...