ABSTRACT

The study of Islam in Central Asia has undergone enormous transformations in the 30 years since the Soviet era came to an end. Over the last three decades, a sizable corpus of literature on Islam in Central Asia has appeared across several disciplines. There has also been considerable debate over methods and approach: What questions are important to ask? Which kinds of sources are the most significant? Which voices from among Central Asians are the most important? This study has two main aims. First, it provides an overview of the various literatures on Islam in Central Asia, with a sense of their trajectories in the three decades since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Second, and more importantly, it offers a critique of the critique mentioned above. The study does so by examining the ideological and methodological assumptions that underpin it and by articulating the stakes involved, a task that has not yet been undertaken.

摘要

苏联时代结束后的30年里，中亚伊斯兰教的研究发生了巨大的变化。在过去的三十年里，大量关于中亚伊斯兰教的文献出现在多个学科中。关于方法和方法的争论也很激烈：哪些问题是重要的？哪些来源最重要？来自中亚人的哪些声音最重要？这项研究有两个主要目的。首先，它概述了中亚有关伊斯兰教的各种文献，并了解它们在苏联解体后的 30 年中的发展轨迹。其次，更重要的是，它提供了对上述批评的批评。