Religion, Values & Development in Southeast Asia / / Bruce Matthews, Judith Nagata.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Matthews, Bruce,; Nagata, Judith,
• MitwirkendeR: Buss, Andreas,; Couillard, Marte-Andrée,; Kabilsingh, Chatsumarn,; Kanittanan, Wilaiwan,; Legendre, Hélème,; Marasinghe, Lakshman,; Matthews, Bruce,; Nagata, Judith,; Pertierra, Raul,; Placzek, James,; Sajogyo, Pudjiwati,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1986]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 1986
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)

This volume contains ten papers presented at the joint Conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, in 1982. The contributors are each specialists in their given fields, and teach in either Canada or Southeast Asia. The essays cover a wide range of issues related to traditional and contemporary Southeast Asia. They include anthropological, economic, linguistic, legal and historical perspectives, and focus on Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Burma.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- MAX WEBER'S HERITAGE AND MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIAN THINKING ON DEVELOPMENT -- THE USE OF CUSTOMARY LAW IN DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- THE IMPACT OF THE ISLAMIC REVIVAL (DAKWAH) ON THE RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF MALAYSIA -- BUDDHISM, MODERNIZATION AND NATIONAL PURPOSE -- BUDDHISM AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BUDDHIST UNIVERSITIES -- A BRIEF EXPLORATION INTO THE NATURE OF MEN-WOMEN RELATIONS AMONG PRE-COLONIAL MALAY AN PEOPLE -- WOMEN'S STUDIES IN RURAL INDONESIA -- FORMS OF RATIONALITY, RATIONALIZATION, AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN A NORTHERN PHILIPPINE COMMUNITY -- ANGKOR WAT EXAMINED FROM A SACRIFICIAL POINT OF VIEW -- HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MEANINGS OF THAI KHWAN: THE USE OF LEXICAL MEANING CHANGE AS AN INDICATOR OF CULTURE CHANGE