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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Hamayotsu, Kikue,; Hooker, M. B.,; Hooker, Virginia,; Kahn, Joel S.,; Kronenberg, Naomi,; Malhi, Amrita,; Milner, Anthony,; Noor, Farish A.,; Roff, William R.,; Shamsul, A. B.,; Stivens, Maila,
• HerausgeberIn: Hooker, Virginia,; Othman, Norani,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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