Sharia transformations : cultural politics and the rebranding of an Islamic judiciary / Michael G. Peletz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peletz, Michael G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Malaysia.

Islamic law.

Islamic ethics.

Islam--Social aspects.

Malaysia.

Law--Malaysia.

Law.

Islam--Social aspects--Malaysia.

Islam.

Islam and politics--Malaysia.

Islam and politics.

Islamic ethics--Malaysia.

Physical Description:

xxi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as 'sharia' an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of sharia often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical changes in sharia judiciaries and contemporary strategies on the part of political and religious elites, social engineers, and brand stewards to shape, solidify, and rebrand these institutions. Sharia Transformations is an ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study of the practice and lived entailments of sharia in Malaysia, arguably the most economically successful Muslim-majority nation in the world. The book focuses on the routine, everyday practices of Malaysia's sharia courts and the changes that have occurred in the court's discourses and practices in recent decades. Michael G. Peletz approaches Malaysia's sharia judiciary as a global assemblage and addresses important issues in the humanistic and social-scientific literature concerning how Malays and other Muslims engage ethical norms and deal with law, social justice, and governance in a rapidly globalizing world"-- Provided by publisher.

"Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as "sharia"-an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of sharia often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical changes in sharia judiciaries and contemporary strategies on the part of political and religious elites, social engineers, and brand stewards to shape, solidify, and rebrand these institutions. Sharia Transformations is an ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study of the practice and lived entailments of sharia in Malaysia, arguably the most economically successful Muslim-majority nation in the world. The book focuses on the routine, everyday practices of Malaysia's sharia courts and the changes that have occurred in the court's discourses and practices in recent decades. Michael G. Peletz approaches Malaysia's sharia judiciary as a global assemblage and addresses important issues in the humanistic and social-scientific literature concerning how Malays and other Muslims engage ethical norms and deal with law, social justice, and governance in a rapidly globalizing world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Sharia, cultural politics, anthropology

Sharia Judiciary as global assemblage : Islamization, corporatization, and other transformations in context

A tale of two courts : judicial transformation, corporate Islamic governmentality, and the new punitiveness

What are Sulh sessions? after Ijtihad, Islamic ADR, and pastoral power

Discourse, practice, and rebranding in Kuala Lumpur's Sharia courthouse

Are women getting (more) justice? ethnographic, historical, and comparative perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520339910

0520339916

9780520339927

0520339924

OCLC:

1120092335