Book

Comprehensive publication about a country full of exciting cultural diversity

Festival ‹Culturescapes Azerbaijan›: October to December 2009 in Switzerland

‹Culturescapes Azerbaijan› offers a fascinating insight into the land between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus. Its culture is marked by the great religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity as well as Zoroastrianism. The world's first oil boom took place in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, European, Oriental, Soviet and post-Soviet traditions meet in the land of black gold and form a culture full of exciting diversity.

What are the potentials and dangers of Azerbaijan's current development? The authors and photographers show the Southern Caucasian Republic from many perspectives: current and historical, from outside and inside, differentiated and critical.