The golden cage: heritage, (ethnic) Muslimness, and the place of Islam in post-Soviet Tatarstan

Through the Weber-inspired metaphor of the ‘golden cage’, this contribution discusses the dual process by which both Islamic heritage and secularity are produced in Russia’s Muslim-majority Tatarstan Republic: on the one hand (‘gold’), Islam is given visibility/legitimacy as an element of Russia’s c...

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Main Author: Benussi, Matteo 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2021, Volume: 49, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 314-330
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tatarstan / Religious policy / Islam / Cultural heritage / Ethnic identity / Religious identity
B Bolgar (Tatarstan) / Archaeological parks / Moschee Kul-Scharif (Kazan') / Tatars / Cultural heritage / State / Religion
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Secularity
B Islam in Russia
B post-Soviet personhood
B Tatarstan
B Heritage
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