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Author: Hussin Mutalib Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 236
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Covering the period 1963 to 1986, this study demonstrates the degree of influence that Islam exerts on Malay identity. Islam is not only a focal point in relations between Malays and non-Malays, but also in the Malay ethnic community since Islam is integral to its culture and identity and is involved in a tense, dialectical relationship with Malay ethnicity. The Malay tendency to opt for ethnic Malay-based solutions instead of an Islamic alternative results in an upsurge of Malay ethnic nationalism, and is here explored against the backdrop of the current Islamic resurgence in Malaysia.
Author: Hussin Mutalib Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 236
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Covering the period 1963 to 1986, this study demonstrates the degree of influence that Islam exerts on Malay identity. Islam is not only a focal point in relations between Malays and non-Malays, but also in the Malay ethnic community since Islam is integral to its culture and identity and is involved in a tense, dialectical relationship with Malay ethnicity. The Malay tendency to opt for ethnic Malay-based solutions instead of an Islamic alternative results in an upsurge of Malay ethnic nationalism, and is here explored against the backdrop of the current Islamic resurgence in Malaysia.
Author: Kwen Fee Lian Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9047409469 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 250
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This publication brings together the work of several writers in documenting and understanding the consequences of state-formation on ethnicity in Malaysia and Singapore, thirty years after the two nations went their separate paths.
Author: Gerhard Hoffstaedter Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
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This title explores the relationship between the Malaysian state and its citizens in creating and maintaining fixed identities. The book focuses on new modalities of being Muslim in a modern world.
Author: Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 309
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[Truncated abstract] Malay-Muslims have distinctive ideas of who they are: as an ethnic group and as Muslims. In the opening of the twenty-first century, it was predicted that with modernization there would be an increasing separation of state and religion, and that religious issues would probably become somewhat less important (Means 1978; Rosenthal 1965). Yet, Peletz (2002) notes that Malays are increasingly referring to themselves as Muslim people (religious identity) rather than Malay people (ethnic identity). Indeed, Shamsul A.B. (1997b) has redefined Malay ethnicity through emphasizing Islam as a pillar of Malayness, with the idea of Malay ethnicity as centre stage in politics and society. Although Malay-Muslims in Malaysia were once more conscious of ethnic than religious identity, the beginning of Islamic revivalism in the 1970s involved the idea of religious identity becoming more important instead of Malay identity. Yet, over the last decade, Malay ethnic identity has been again gaining its importance as a more politicised identity compared to religious identity in Malaysia. Malay-Muslims have since then been continuously confronted by the changes that have been underway within Islam especially within the 'Malay community in Malaysia. However, at the international level, Malay-Muslims who have studied abroad have alternate conceptions of Malay-Muslim identity compared to the local version as well as links to outsiders. This thesis focuses on the key emblematic features of ethnic and religious identity and the idea of 'Malayness' outside Malaysia at a time when Islamic identity has become increasingly important in the global arena. It is revealed in this study how religion has become a powerful basis of personal and collective identification for Malay-Muslim postgraduate students in Western Australia. Although all Malay-Muslim postgraduate students are distinct in their own ways, most of the experiences they face initially hark back to their Malay culture/'adat' and Islamic values. When Malay-Muslims exhibit agreement, compliance or submission in regard to their ethnic and religious identity in Australia, they do not disregard their religious beliefs, values and practices. In relation to other Muslims, Malay-Muslims emphasize their distinctive ethnic heritage as Malays. In relation to non-Muslims, they emphasize how they are Muslim. On the boundaries of ethnic and religious identity, I attempt to explore the relational dynamics of Malay ethnic and religious identity beyond Malaysia's borders and provide some holistic accounts of the students' prior lives in Malaysia compared to their experiences in Western Australia. These Malay-Muslim postgraduate students from the four major universities in Western Australia have been identified as having considerable awareness of their ethnic and religious identity. While their ethnic identity is more flexible and situational, their religious identity is revealed as more rigid and seldom negotiable. Malay-Muslims students in this research tend to invoke religion, culture, language, nationality, status, or descent in defining their identity. I have employed an ethnographic approach in my research, using participant-observation methods and semi-structured interviews with my thirty main informants...
Author: Humairah Zainal Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000521443 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 208
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Humairah and Kamaludeen examine contemporary Malay national identity in Singapore and Malaysia through the lens of ‘primordial modernity’, taking on a comparative transnational perspective. How do Malays in Singapore and Malaysia conceptualise and negotiate their ethnic identity vis-à-vis the state’s construction of Malay national identity? Humairah and Kamaludeen employ discourse analyses of both elite and mass texts that include newspaper editorials, school textbooks, political speeches, novels, movies, and letters in local newspapers. Extending current notions of Malay identity, the authors offer a comprehensive overview of Malay identity that takes into consideration both primordial dimensions and the more modern aspects such as their cosmopolitan sensibilities and their approach to social mobility. A valuable resource for scholars of Southeast Asian culture and society, as well as Sociologists looking at wider issues of ethnic and national identity.
Author: Shanti Nair Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134960999 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 343
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A case study of a multi-ethnic Muslim state and a contribution to the study of the domestic functions of foreign policy. The book also addresses the real and imagined significance of Islam as a force in contemporary global politics.
Author: David Brown Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134797060 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 294
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Ethnic tensions in Southeast Asia represent a clear threat to the future stability of the region. David Brown's clear and systematic study outlines the patterns of ethnic politics in: * Burma * Singapore * Indonesia * Malaysia * Thailand The study considers the influence of the State on the formation of ethnic groups and investigates why some countries are more successful in 'managing' their ethnic politics than others.
Author: Amy H. Liu Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108934544 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 145
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What explains the treatment of ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia? This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers – specifically language, religion, and phenotype. By focusing on the interaction between these three ethnic markers, Liu and Ricks explore how overlap between these markers can affect whether a minority integrates within a broader ethnic identity; successfully extracts accommodation as unique group; or engages in a contentious and potentially violent relationship with the hegemon. The argument is tested through six case studies: (1) ethnic Lao in Thailand: integration; (2) ethnic Chinese in Thailand: integration; (3) ethnic Chinese in Malaysia: accommodation; (4) ethnic Malays in Singapore: accommodation; (5) ethnic Malays in Thailand: contention; and (6) ethnic Chinese in Indonesia: contention.
Author: Hussin Mutalib
Author: Hussin Mutalib
Author: Muhammad Hussin Mutalib
Author: Kwen Fee Lian
Author: Gerhard Hoffstaedter
Author: Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain
Author: Mohd. Aris Hj. Othman
Author: Humairah Zainal
Author: Shanti Nair
Author: David Brown
Author: Amy H. Liu