Living Sharia

Law and Practice in Malaysia

AvTimothy P. Daniels,Laurie J. Sears

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians’ ideas about sharia are not isolated from—nor always opposed to—liberal pluralism and secularism.Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:University of Washington Press
ISBN:9780295742557

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Timothy P. Daniels is professor of anthropology at Hofstra University. He is the author of Islamic Spectrum in Java and Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia, and editor of Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia.

Recensioner i media

"Living Sharia is one of the most theoretically sophisticated, rigorously empirical, and ethnographically engaging works in the anthropology of Islam in years. At a moment when ‘discourses about sharia are integral to sociopolitical dynamics in American society’ (5), this is a book that deserves to be read by anthropologists and everyone concernedwith the challenge of religious ethics and citizenship in our late modern world."

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsNote on TranscriptionChronology Introduction: Sharia and the Anthropology of Knowledge 1. Sharia in Malaysia: The Historical Background 2. Family Law: Religious Officials, Reasoning Style, and Controversies 3. Criminal Law: Taking the MiddleRoad 4. Economics: The Malaysian State, Darul Arqam, and the Islamic Party of Malaysia 5. Pro-Sharia Discourses: Race, Religion, and Nation 6. Contra-Sharia Discourses: Islamic and Secular Human Rights 7. Individuals: Views, Voices, and Practices Conclusion: Sharia Cultural Models and SociopoliticalProjectsNotes Glossary ReferencesIndex