Secularism and Identity

Non-Islamiosity in the Iranian Diaspora

Reza Gholami (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-58967-4 (ISBN)

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Within western political, media and academic discourses, Muslim communities are predominantly seen through the prism of their Islamic religiosities, yet there exist within diasporic communities unique and complex secularisms. Drawing on detailed interview and ethnographic material gathered in the UK, this book examines the ways in which a form of secularism - ’non-Islamiosity’ - amongst members of the Iranian diaspora shapes ideas and practices of diasporic community and identity, as well as wider social relations. In addition to developing a novel theoretical paradigm to make sense of the manner in which diasporic communities construct and live diasporic identity and consciousness in a way that marginalises, stigmatises or eradicates only ’Islam’, Secularism and Identity shows how this approach is used to overcome religiously inculcated ideas and fashion a desirable self, thus creating a new space in which to live and thereby attaining ’freedom’. Calling into question notions of anti-Islamism and Islamophobia, whilst examining secularism as a means or mechanism rather than an end, this volume offers a new understanding of religion as a marker of migrant identity. As such it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and political science with interests in migration and ethnicity, diasporic communities, the sociology of religion and emerging forms of secularism.

Reza Gholami is Lecturer in the Sociology of Education at Middlesex University, UK.

Series Editor’s Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Postmodern Fixations; Chapter 2 Across Times and Spaces; Chapter 3 From Islamic Revolution to Non-Islamious Migration; Chapter 4 Non-Islamiosity Observed; Chapter 5 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (‘the Persian’, ‘the Islamic’ and ‘the Muslim’); Chapter 6 The ‘Persia’ Factor; Chapter 7 ‘Is This Islamic Enough?’ Secular Power and Shi`a Religiosity; Chapter 101 Moratorium;

Erscheinungsdatum	14.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Migration and Diaspora
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-58967-5 / 1138589675
ISBN-13	978-1-138-58967-4 / 9781138589674
Zustand	Neuware