Islamic Modern: Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in MalaysiaPrinceton University Press, 2002 - 339 pages How do Islamic courts work? What sorts of cultural understandings inform judicial process and litigants' strategies? How do women's claims fare? Do these courts promote social tolerance? And how do states use them to consolidate power, build nations, and shape a modern citizenry? These are among the questions addressed in this book, which not only enhances our understanding of diversity among and within the world's Muslim communities, but also provides ethnographic, historical, and transnational perspectives on contemporary Islam in the shifting landscape of a strategically important region of the world. |
Contents
Locating Islamic Magistrates and Their Courts in History | 25 |
The Work of the Courts | 64 |
Litigant Strategies and Patterns of Resistance | 128 |
Modernity and Governmentality in Islamic Courts and Other Domains | 193 |
Reinscribing Authenticity and Identity | 195 |
Producing Good Subjects Asian Values and New Types of Criminality | 239 |
Other editions - View all
Islamic Modern: Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia Michael G. Peletz Limited preview - 2002 |
Islamic Modern: Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia Michael G. Peletz Limited preview - 2018 |
Islamic Modern: Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia Michael G. Peletz No preview available - 2002 |