Islamic Narrative and Authority in Southeast Asia : From the 16th to the 21st Century / by T. Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Thomas, 1956-

Series:

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion, 2946-3483

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology.

Religion and sociology.

Literature.

Islam.

Middle Eastern literature.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Sociology of Religion.

Middle Eastern Literature.

Local Subjects:

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Sociology of Religion.

Literature.

Islam.

Middle Eastern Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a literary and anthropological analysis of historical narratives that illuminate regional notions of cosmological kingship, cosmopolitan notions of Islamic law and mysticism, and global notions of the modern bureaucratic state. These notions have coexisted in Southeast Asia since the Sixteenth century and influence politics to this day.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Acknowledgments; A Note on Makassar Names; Chapter 1 Introduction: Symbolic Knowledge and Authority in Complex Societies; Chapter 2 The Ruler as Perfect Man in Southeast Asia, 1500-1667; Chapter 3 Cosmopolitan Islam in South Sulawesi, 1640-1705; Chapter 4 Islamic Martyrdom and the Great Lord of the VOC, 1705-1988; Chapter 5 Popular Mysticism and the Colonial State, 1811-1936; Chapter 6 Cosmopolitan Piety and the Late Colonial State, 1850-1950; Chapter 7 Revolutionary Islam and the Nation-State, 1900-1965

Chapter 8 Official Islam and the Developmental State, 1965-2004Chapter 9 Conclusion: Narrative, Ritual, and Models of the Self; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611362966

9781281362964

1281362964

9780230605084

0230605087

OCLC:

315733506