Islamic Modern : : Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia /

Islamic Modern : : Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia / / Michael G. Peletz.

How do Islamic courts work? What sorts of cultural understandings inform judicial process and litigants' strategies? How do women's claims fare? Do these courts promote social tolerance? And how do states use them to consolidate power, build nations, and shape a modern citizenry? These are...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Peletz, Michael G.,
MitwirkendeR:
Eickelman, Dale F.,
Piscatori, James,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2003
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 83
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF MAPS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON SPELLING, TERMINOLOGY, AND CURRENCY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE: The Culture, Political Economy, and History of the Islamic Courts
  • CHAPTER ONE: Locating Islamic Magistrates and Their Courts in History
  • CHAPTER TWO: The Work of the Courts
  • CHAPTER THREE: Litigant Strategies and Patterns of Resistance
  • PART TWO: Modernity and Governmentality in Islamic Courts and Other Domains
  • CHAPTER FOUR: Reinscribing Authenticity and Identity
  • CHAPTER FIVE: Producing Good Subjects, "Asian Values," and New Types of Criminality
  • CONCLUSION: Islam, Modernity, and Civil Society
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED MALAY TERMS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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