Islam and Colonialism
Becoming Modern in Indonesia and Malaya
Seiten
2015
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-0920-9 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-0920-9 (ISBN)
Explores the ways in which Islam and European colonialism shaped modernity in the Indo-Malay world.
Focusing on Indonesia and Malaysia, this book looks at how European colonial and Islamic modernising powers operated in the common and parallel domains of government and politics, law and education in the first half of the twentieth century. It shows that colonialisation was able to co-exist with Islamisation, arguing that Islamic movements were not necessarily antithetical to modernisation, nor that Western modernity was always anathema to Islamic and local custom. Rather, in distinguishing religious from worldly affairs, they were able to adopt and adapt modern ideas and practices that were useful or relevant while maintaining the Islamic faith and ritual that they believed to be essential. In developing an understanding of the common ways in which Islam was defined and treated in Indonesia and Malaysia, we can gain a new insight to Muslim politics and culture in Southeast Asia.
Focusing on Indonesia and Malaysia, this book looks at how European colonial and Islamic modernising powers operated in the common and parallel domains of government and politics, law and education in the first half of the twentieth century. It shows that colonialisation was able to co-exist with Islamisation, arguing that Islamic movements were not necessarily antithetical to modernisation, nor that Western modernity was always anathema to Islamic and local custom. Rather, in distinguishing religious from worldly affairs, they were able to adopt and adapt modern ideas and practices that were useful or relevant while maintaining the Islamic faith and ritual that they believed to be essential. In developing an understanding of the common ways in which Islam was defined and treated in Indonesia and Malaysia, we can gain a new insight to Muslim politics and culture in Southeast Asia.
Muhamad Ali is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He has published articles in several refereed journals including the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences and Indonesia and the Malay World.
Introduction
Part I: Making Islam Modern
1. Organising Da’wah and Spreading Reform
2. Colonising the Muslim East and Reinforcing Culture
Part II: Modernising Politics and Government
3. Building Siyasah and Reforming Sultanate
4. Controlling Politics and Bureaucratising Religion
Part III: Modernising Law
5. Integrating Shari’ah, Adat, and European Laws
6. Formalising Legal Plurality
Part IV: Modernising Education
7. Teaching Agama and the Secular
8. Secularising Education
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 black and white line art |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 695 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-0920-2 / 1474409202 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-0920-9 / 9781474409209 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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