Encountering Islam : the Politics of Religious Identities in Southeast Asia.

This volume seeks to introduce and deepen the understanding of Islam and its role in politics as encountered in different national and transnational contexts in Southeast Asia, eschewing the neo-orientalist approach that has informed public discourse in recent years. In Encountering Islam, the book...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Yew-Foong, Hui
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012.
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Summary:This volume seeks to introduce and deepen the understanding of Islam and its role in politics as encountered in different national and transnational contexts in Southeast Asia, eschewing the neo-orientalist approach that has informed public discourse in recent years. In Encountering Islam, the book lingers beyond the summary moment and reflects on the multiple impressions, suppressions and repressions, whether coherent or incoherent, associated with Islam as a socio-political force in public life. To this end, it is not adequate simply to represent the divergent identities associated with Isla.
Physical Description:1 online resource (401 pages)
ISBN:9789814379939
981437993X