Living Sharia

Law and Practice in Malaysia

Timothy P. Daniels (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2017
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
9780295742540 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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Chronology

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 Middle

Road

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 Sociopolitical

Projects

Notes

Glossary

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Erscheinungsdatum	26.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Laurie J. Sears, Charles F. Keyes, Vicente Rafael
Zusatzinfo	11 b&w illus., 1 map
Verlagsort	Seattle
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780295742540 / 9780295742540
Zustand	Neuware