Timothy P Daniels

Living Sharia

Law and Practice in Malaysia
Herausgeber: Sears, Laurie J; Rafael, Vicente; Keyes, Charles F

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780295742557
• ISBN-10: 0295742550
• Artikelnr.: 48141535

Autorenporträt

Timothy P. Daniels is associate professor in anthropology at Hofstra University. He is the author of Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), Islamic Spectrum in Java (Ashgate, 2009), and Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia: Identity, Representation, and Citizenship (Routledge, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on Transcription
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
References
Index