Celebrating Sultan Nevruz: Between Theological Debate and Multi-Framed Practice in Contemporary Albania
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This work analyses the historical developments and the acculturation of Sultan nevruz’s rite in post-socialist Albania. The general aim of this work is to examine the intertwining of social and cultural transformations with different religious discourses (native/foreign or Bektashi/sunni legacies) in Albanian society, which is shaped by communist patterns (nationalistic and secularistic heritage) and by post-socialist transformation (pluralisation). Firstly, it analyses public narratives and counter-narratives that Bektashi and other authorities produce about nevruz merging positivistic science, nationalistic rhetoric and ʿAlī’s venerations; finally, the paper focuses on worship diversification and subjectivities by believers that could build their own individual religiosity embodying, recreating or reworking the discourses of “correctness” framed by Islamic authorities.
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Ce travail analyse les développements historiques et les formes d’acculturation du Sultan Nevruz en Albanie postsocialiste. Ce travail vise à examiner les relations entre certaines transformations sociales et culturelles et les différents discours religieux (héritage indigène / étranger ou Bektashi / sunnite) dans la société albanaise, laquelle est façonnée par l’héritage nationaliste et laïc communistes et les transformations de la période postsocialiste (pluralisation). D’abord, il analyse les discours publics et contre-publics que les Bektashis et d’autres autorités produisent sur le nevruz, discours qui mêlent science positiviste, rhétorique nationaliste et vénérations pour ʿAlī ; ensuite, il se concentre sur la diversification du culte et les subjectivités des croyants qui pourraient construire leur propre religiosité individuelle en incarnant ou en recréant, de manière critique, les discours des autorités islamiques.
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Celebrating Sultan Nevruz: Between Theological Debate and Multi-Framed Practice in Contemporary Albania
In: Studia IslamicaSearch for other papers by Gianfranco Bria in
Current site
Google Scholar
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Abstract
This work analyses the historical developments and the acculturation of Sultan nevruz’s rite in post-socialist Albania. The general aim of this work is to examine the intertwining of social and cultural transformations with different religious discourses (native/foreign or Bektashi/sunni legacies) in Albanian society, which is shaped by communist patterns (nationalistic and secularistic heritage) and by post-socialist transformation (pluralisation). Firstly, it analyses public narratives and counter-narratives that Bektashi and other authorities produce about nevruz merging positivistic science, nationalistic rhetoric and ʿAlī’s venerations; finally, the paper focuses on worship diversification and subjectivities by believers that could build their own individual religiosity embodying, recreating or reworking the discourses of “correctness” framed by Islamic authorities.
Résumé
Ce travail analyse les développements historiques et les formes d’acculturation du Sultan Nevruz en Albanie postsocialiste. Ce travail vise à examiner les relations entre certaines transformations sociales et culturelles et les différents discours religieux (héritage indigène / étranger ou Bektashi / sunnite) dans la société albanaise, laquelle est façonnée par l’héritage nationaliste et laïc communistes et les transformations de la période postsocialiste (pluralisation). D’abord, il analyse les discours publics et contre-publics que les Bektashis et d’autres autorités produisent sur le nevruz, discours qui mêlent science positiviste, rhétorique nationaliste et vénérations pour ʿAlī ; ensuite, il se concentre sur la diversification du culte et les subjectivités des croyants qui pourraient construire leur propre religiosité individuelle en incarnant ou en recréant, de manière critique, les discours des autorités islamiques.
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| Abstract Views | 724 | 125 | 9 |
| Full Text Views | 29 | 4 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 38 | 8 | 0 |
