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Nationalism, Post-Secular and Sufism: The Making of Neo-Bektashism by Moikom Zeqo in Post-Socialist Albania.
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Religions . Sep2022, Vol. 13 Issue 9, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This article focuses on Mikom Zeqo's (1949–2020) work Syri i Tretë ("The Third Eye", 2001) as a New Age reworking of Albanian Bektashism. The success of this book, and the recognition that Bektashi authorities themselves accorded it, make it highly representative of Bektashi neo-intellectualism and beyond: it is a cross-section that enables us to investigate the complex reworking of Sufi knowledge in a post-secular environment, such as Albania. This article examines this specific work while outlining a history of the Bektashiyya from the Ottoman era to the post-socialist Albanian period and highlighting its doctrinal and practical developments. Syri i Tretë is the expression of a secularist engulfment of post-socialist or even post-secular religion, which Bektashism embodies. Thus, Zeqo's work expresses a common trend in Albanian society that is beyond the members of the Bektashi community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SUFISM
*NATIONALISM
*COMMUNITIES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20771444
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Religions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159333853
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13090828