Caged in on the Outside - Moral Subjectivity, Selfhood, and Islam in Minangkabau, Indonesia

This is a study of moral subjectivity among Minangkabau people in a small city in West Sumatra, Indonesia, at the beginning of the 21st century.

Summary

An intimate ethnographic exploration of the ways in which Minangkabau people understand human value. Gregory Simon's book, based on extended ethnographic research in the small city of Bukittinggi, shines new light on Minangkabau social life by delving into people's interior lives, calling into question many assumptions about Southeast Asian values and the nature of Islamic practice.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory M Simon, Gregory M. Simon, Gregory M./ Chandler Simon
• Assisted by: David P Chandler (Editor), David P. Chandler (Editor), Rita Smith Kipp (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780824875213
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7521-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory; Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology