Malaysia : : Islam, Society and Politics / / ed. by Virginia Hooker, Norani Othman.

This collection of essays has been prepared as a tribute to Clive S. Kessler, Professor of Sociology at the University of New South Wales for over twenty years and a member of staff of the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, and the Barnard College, Columbia Unive...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2003]
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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
PREFACE --
THE CONTRIBUTORS --
1. Clive Kessler: Some Biographical Reflections --
2. Malaysia: Still “Islam and Politics” But Now Enmeshed in a Global Web --
PART I: ISLAM --
3. Social Science Approaches to Understanding Religious Practice: The Special Case of the Hajj --
4. Politics of Syariah Reform: The Making of the State Religio-Legal Apparatus --
5. Submission to Allah? The Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (II) 1993 --
PART II: SOCIETY --
6. The Malay World: The Concept of Malay Studies and National Identity Formation --
7. (Re)Framing Women’s Rights Claims in Malaysia --
8. Islam, Modernity, and the Popular in Malaysia --
PART III: POLITICS --
9. How “Traditional” is the Malaysian Monarchy --
10. The Localization of Islamist Discourse in the Tafsir of Tuan Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Murshid’ul Am of PAS --
11. The PAS–BN Conflict in the 1990s: Islamism and Modernity --
CONCLUSION --
12. The Way Forward: Social Science and Malaysia in the Twenty-first Century --
INDEX
Summary:This collection of essays has been prepared as a tribute to Clive S. Kessler, Professor of Sociology at the University of New South Wales for over twenty years and a member of staff of the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, and the Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789812305220
9783110649772
9783111024707
9783110663006
9783110606683
DOI:10.1355/9789812305220
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Virginia Hooker, Norani Othman.