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9789814379922 Academic Inspection Copy

Encountering Islam

The Politics of Religious Identities in Southeast Asia
  • ISBN-13: 9789814379922
  • Publisher: ISEAS
    Imprint: ISEAS
  • Edited by Hui Yew-Foong
  • Price: AUD $75.99
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  • Local release date: 30/04/2013
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 401 pages Weight: 455g
  • Categories: Islam [HRH]South East Asia [1FM]Islamic countries [1QFM]
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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 Islam in Southeast Asia, whether embedded in state-endorsed orthodoxy or Islamic movements that contest such orthodoxy. It is also important to examine religious minorities in political contexts where Islam is dominant and Muslim communities in national contexts where they are minorities. By situating these religious identities within their larger socio-political contexts, this volume seeks to provide a more holistic understanding of what is encountered as Islam in Southeast Asia.
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