Spirited Politics - Religion and Public Life in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Klappentext The essays in Spirited Politics throw light on predicaments that spring from the intersection of religion! ethnicity! and nationalism in contemporary Southeast Asian public life. Covering material from Indonesia! Malaysia! Thailand! and the Philippines! the contributors explore the calamities and ironies of Southeast Asian identity politics... Zusammenfassung The essays in Spirited Politics throw light on predicaments that spring from the intersection of religion, ethnicity, and nationalism in contemporary Southeast Asian public life. Covering material from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, the contributors explore the calamities and ironies of Southeast Asian identity politics...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew C. (EDT)/ George Willford, Andrew C. George Willford
• Assisted by: Kenneth M. George (Editor), Andrew C. Willford (Editor)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2004
• EAN: 9780877277378
• ISBN: 978-0-87727-737-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Studies on Southeast Asia; Studies on Southeast Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research