Spirited Politics: Religion and Public Life in Contemporary Southeast AsiaAndrew C. Willford, Kenneth M. George Cornell University Press, 31 mag 2018 - 210 pagine 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. |
Sommario
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Religion the Nation and the Predicaments of Public Life in Southeast Asia | 9 |
Enunciating Filipino Cultural Nationalism through Mt Banahaw | 23 |
Malaysian Hinduism and the Way of Prayers | 45 |
Moral Campaigns to Prohibit Reform and Demystify Thai Spirit Mediums | 69 |
Islam and Gender Politics in Late New Order Indonesia | 93 |
Confucianism and the Negotiation of IndonesianChinese Identity under the Pancasila State | 119 |
Politics and the Transformation of Thai Funerals | 143 |
Idolatry in the Lowland Philippines | 159 |
Violence Religion and a Painters Tale | 185 |
Contributors | 209 |
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