Restless Quietists: Muslim Forms of Life in Russia's Volga Region

Author/Contributor(s):	Benussi, Matteo
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	01/15/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"Matteo Benussi addresses two questions at the core of the politics of Islamic ethics: How does Islamic virtue become attractive to young, aspirational urbanites in predominantly secular societies? What makes religion, no matter how quietist, almost irresistibly perturbing in the eyes of temporal authorities? His book focuses on a dimension of Islamic virtue that underlies both effects: its emancipatory potential, uncovered by putting the vicissitudes of grassroots scripturalist Islamic milieus in Russia's Tatarstan republic in resonance with anthropological reflections on ethics and insights from post-Marxist autonomist theory."--