Research Catalog

Title

Religion, nation and democracy in the South Caucasus / edited by Alexander Agadjanian, Ansgar Jödicke and Evert van der Zweerde.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Agadjanian, Alexander, 1958-
• Jödicke, Ansgar
• Zweerde, Evert van der

Description

xvii 279 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59

Uniform Title

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59.

Subjects

• Caucasus, South
• Religion and state
• Religion
• Internationale Politik
• Nationalism > Caucasus, South > Religious aspects
• Politische Kultur
• Kollektives Gedächtnis
• Caucasus, South > Foreign relations
• Nationalism > Religious aspects
• Nationalbewusstsein
• Religion and state > Caucasus, South
• Diplomatic relations
• Kaukasusländer
• Religion and politics > Caucasus, South

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Conceptual Frames: 1. General trends in the interaction of religion and politics as applied to the South Caucasus / Ansgar Jödicke ; 2. Ethnicity, nation and religion: current debates and South Caucasian reality / Alexander Aagadjanian ; 3. Democratic repertoires: the South Caucasus case(s) / Evert van der Zweerde -- Part II. Religion and Politics: Introduction / Ketevan Khutsishvili ; 4. Secularization and desecularization in Georgia: state and church under the Saakashvili government (2003-2012) / Barbare Janelidze ; 5. Political power and church construction in Armenia / Yulia Antonyan ; 6. Islam in Azerbaijan: revival and political involvement / Elnur Ismayilov -- Part III. Religion, Nationalism and Education: Introduction / Farda Asadov ; 7. Building Georgian national identity: a comparison of two turning points in history / Tatia Kekelia ; 8. Challenges for women's education in independent Azerbaijan / Nigar Gozalova ; 9. Constructing national identities through general education: religion in Armenian schools / Satenik Mkrtchyan -- Part IV. Cultural Values, Ideology and Democracy: Introduction / Tigran Matosyan ; 10. An analysis of counter-hegemony: challenges of political opposition in Azerbaijan / Rashad Shirinov ; 11. Myths and politics: "Old" Beliefs and "New" aspirations in independent Armenia / Sona Hovhannisyan ; 12. Collectivism/individualism in the South Caucasus. Implications for democracy / Tigran Matosyan -- Part V. International Context and External Impacts: Introduction / Hovhannes Hovhannisyan ; 13. Shi'a politics, "Strategic Culture" and Iran's relations with the South Caucasus / Tatevik Mkrtchyan ; 14. Russia's soft power in the South Caucasus: discourses, communication, hegemony / Alexander Kornilov and Andrey Makarychev ; 15. Between ambition and realism: Turkey's engagement in the South Caucasus / Bayram Balci.

Call Number

JFE 16-6607

ISBN

• 9781138022904
• 113802290X
• 9781315776804 (canceled/invalid)
• 1315776804 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014017017

OCLC

905565763

Title

Religion, nation and democracy in the South Caucasus / edited by Alexander Agadjanian, Ansgar Jödicke and Evert van der Zweerde.

Publisher

New York : Routledge, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 59.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Agadjanian, Alexander, 1958- editor.

Jödicke, Ansgar, editor.

Zweerde, Evert van der, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6607