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Islam, Fun, and Social Capital in Kazakhstan

Islam, Fun, and Social Capital in Kazakhstan Small-group solidarity is important in Islamic movements. Islamic movements are not simply groups based on Islamic ideology, but they are also based on a sense of community nurtured by, for lack of a better term, hanging out together. In this paper, I examine how members of the piety movement in Kazakhstan have fun and build community. I will start by examining how elites in the piety movement create spaces for Muslims to have a particular type of ethical fun. I then move on to discuss how many members of the piety movement use these spaces for their own purposes. I argue that the piety movement in Kazakhstan increases social capital among its members by developing intense social networks that bond members together through fun activities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Central Asian Affairs Brill

Islam, Fun, and Social Capital in Kazakhstan

Central Asian Affairs , Volume 2 (1): 51 – Dec 17, 2015

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Brill
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© 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Articles
ISSN
2214-2282
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2214-2290
DOI
10.1163/22142290-00201004
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Abstract

Small-group solidarity is important in Islamic movements. Islamic movements are not simply groups based on Islamic ideology, but they are also based on a sense of community nurtured by, for lack of a better term, hanging out together. In this paper, I examine how members of the piety movement in Kazakhstan have fun and build community. I will start by examining how elites in the piety movement create spaces for Muslims to have a particular type of ethical fun. I then move on to discuss how many members of the piety movement use these spaces for their own purposes. I argue that the piety movement in Kazakhstan increases social capital among its members by developing intense social networks that bond members together through fun activities.

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Central Asian AffairsBrill

Published: Dec 17, 2015

Keywords: Islam; Kazakhstan; Central Asia; Leisure; Fun; Scripturalism

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