Modern Muslim Identities: Negotiating Religion and Ethnicity in Malaysia (NIAS-Nordic Institute of Asia Studies Monograph, 119). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Modern Muslim Identities: Negotiating Religion and Ethnicity in Malaysia (NIAS-Nordic Institute of Asia Studies Monograph, 119)

This book explores a central tension in identity politics: how the state, civil society, and people want to create and maintain cultural, religious, and social cohesion while paradoxically their everyday practices often run counter to this. Malaysia is no exception, with a political elite maintaining control and cultural dominance but juggling many political pressures. At the heart of this study is the conjuncture between Malay ethnicity and Islamic faith, a state discourse on “civilized Islam,” but other areas are also examined, resulting in a study that combines philosophical and social theory with anthropological insights.

Gerhard Hoffstaedter is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Queensland working on religion and the state, international development and refugees. Previously he was a researcher at La Trobe University.