Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Spirited Politics : Religion and Public Life in Contemporary Southeast Asia / ed. by Kenneth M. George, Andrew C. Willford.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (210 p.) : 11 photographsContent type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781501719486
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322/.10959 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion, The Nation, And The Predicaments Of Public Life In Southeast Asia -- The Priestess And The Politician: Enunciating Filipino Cultural Nationalism Through Mt. Banahaw -- The Modernist Vision From Below: Malaysian Hinduism And The "Way Of Prayers" -- Fraudulent And Dangerous Popular Religiosity In The Public Sphere: Moral Campaigns To Prohibit, Reform, And Demystify Thai Spirit Mediums -- Islam And Gender Politics In Late New Order Indonesia -- A Sixth Religion?: Confucianism And The Negotiation Of Indonesian-Chinese Identity Under The Pancasila State -- Relocating Reciprocity: Politics And The Transformation Of Thai Funerals -- Immaterial Culture: "Idolatry" In The Lowland Philippines -- Picturing Aceh: Violence, Religion, And A Painter's Tale -- Contributors
Summary: 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, examining the ways in which religion and politics are made to serve each other.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501719486

Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion, The Nation, And The Predicaments Of Public Life In Southeast Asia -- The Priestess And The Politician: Enunciating Filipino Cultural Nationalism Through Mt. Banahaw -- The Modernist Vision From Below: Malaysian Hinduism And The "Way Of Prayers" -- Fraudulent And Dangerous Popular Religiosity In The Public Sphere: Moral Campaigns To Prohibit, Reform, And Demystify Thai Spirit Mediums -- Islam And Gender Politics In Late New Order Indonesia -- A Sixth Religion?: Confucianism And The Negotiation Of Indonesian-Chinese Identity Under The Pancasila State -- Relocating Reciprocity: Politics And The Transformation Of Thai Funerals -- Immaterial Culture: "Idolatry" In The Lowland Philippines -- Picturing Aceh: Violence, Religion, And A Painter's Tale -- Contributors

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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, examining the ways in which religion and politics are made to serve each other.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)