Modernity And Malaysia

Author : Alberto Gomes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134100767

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Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities. Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have inhabited Southeast Asia for about 40,000 years, the Menraq (also known as Semang or Negritos) were nomadic foragers until they were resettled in a Malaysian government-mandated settlement in 1972. Modernity and Malaysia begins with the ‘Jeli Incident’ in which several Menraq were alleged to have killed three Malays, members of the dominant ethnic group in the country. Alberto Gomes links this uncharacteristic violence to Menraq experiences of Malaysian-style modernity that have left them displaced, depressed, discontented, and disillusioned. Tracing the transformation of the lives of Menraq resulting from resettlement, development, and various ‘civilizing projects’, this book examines how the encounter with modernity has led the subsistence-oriented, relatively autonomous Menraq into a life of dependence on the state and the market. Challenging conventional social scientific understanding of concepts such as modernity and marginalization, and providing empirical material for comparison with the experience of modernity for indigenous peoples around the world, Modernity and Malaysia is a valuable resource for students and scholars of anthropology, development studies and indigenous studies, as well as those with a more general interest in asian studies.

Author : Tim Bunnell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134519712

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Malaysia, Modernity and the Multimedia Super Corridor by Tim Bunnell Pdf

Based on fieldwork in Malaysia, this book provides a critical examination of the country's main urban region. The study first provides a theoretical reworking of geographies of modernity and details the emergence of a globally-oriented, 'high-tech' stage of national development. The Multimedia Super Corridor is framed in terms of a political vision of a 'fully developed' Malaysia before the author traces an imagined trajectory through surrounding landscapes in the late 1990s. As the first book length academic analysis of the development of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area and the construction of the Multimedia Super Corridor, this work offers a situated, contextual account which will appeal to all those with research interests in Asian Urban Studies and Asian Sociology.

Author : Wendy Mee,Joel S. Kahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 4876983542

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Questioning Modernity in Indonesia and Malaysia by Wendy Mee,Joel S. Kahn Pdf

Author : Antonio L. Rappa,Lionel Wee Hock An
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780387321868

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Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia by Antonio L. Rappa,Lionel Wee Hock An Pdf

This original piece of research considers the ways in which modernity challenges and informs the language policies of various Southeast Asians nations. It combines theoretical arguments from policy studies, language policy and political theory, with quantitative figures where necessary. Succinctly and clearly written, this volume fills the research gap on the topic while bringing up to date the various political, social, and policy developments.

Author : Wendy Mee,Joel S. Kahn
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9971695634

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Questioning Modernity in Indonesia and Malaysia by Wendy Mee,Joel S. Kahn Pdf

Processes of transformation typically defined as "modernising" have been pervasive in Indonesia and Malaysia over an extended period of time and have played a central role in shaping the societies of both countries. Questioning Modernity in Indonesia and Malaysia engages critically with the concept of modernity considering the way it has been used in the analysis of cultural, social, economic and political processes in the two countries. The book argues that while Indonesia and Malaysia can both be considered fully modern, their modernities are not merely derivative of the Western understanding of the word. Written by scholars from both "inside" and "outside" the region, the case studies presented in this volume highlight the extent to which the intellectual tools, concepts, and theories commonly used in academic research reflect a European/Western modernist imaginary. Starting from the premise that modernity viewed from a local rather than a Western perspective takes on different qualities, the authors show how the process of conducting social research in Asia might be re-conceptualized on the basis of a revised understanding of this crucial idea. Their essays make a compelling case for the need to re-assess the application of a supposedly "Western" concept to the study of Asia.

Author : Humairah Zainal,Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000521443

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The Primordial Modernity of Malay Nationality by Humairah Zainal,Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir Pdf

Humairah and Kamaludeen examine contemporary Malay national identity in Singapore and Malaysia through the lens of ‘primordial modernity’, taking on a comparative transnational perspective. How do Malays in Singapore and Malaysia conceptualise and negotiate their ethnic identity vis-à-vis the state’s construction of Malay national identity? Humairah and Kamaludeen employ discourse analyses of both elite and mass texts that include newspaper editorials, school textbooks, political speeches, novels, movies, and letters in local newspapers. Extending current notions of Malay identity, the authors offer a comprehensive overview of Malay identity that takes into consideration both primordial dimensions and the more modern aspects such as their cosmopolitan sensibilities and their approach to social mobility. A valuable resource for scholars of Southeast Asian culture and society, as well as Sociologists looking at wider issues of ethnic and national identity.

Author : Alberto Gomes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134100774

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Modernity and Malaysia by Alberto Gomes Pdf

Bringing together the results of over twenty-five years of research on the indigenous peoples of Malaysia, this fascinating book illustrates the experiences of modernity in indigenous communities through a detailed case study of the Rual Menraq of Malaysia.

Author : Sven Schottmann
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824876470

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Mahathir’s Islam by Sven Schottmann Pdf

Mahathir Mohamad’s legacy as Malaysia’s longest serving prime minister (1981–2003) is deeply controversial. His engagement with Islam, the religion of just over half Malaysia’s population, has often been dismissed as partisan maneuvering. Yet his willingness to countenance a more prominent place for Islam in government and society is what distinguished him from other modernist politicians, and his instinct to set Malaysian politics against the backdrop of the wider Muslim world was politically astute. Author Sven Schottmann argues that Mahathir’s transformative effect on Malaysia can only be fully appreciated if we also take him seriously as one of the postcolonial Muslim world’s most significant political thought leaders. Schottmann sees Mahathir’s representations of Islam as a relatively coherent discourse that can legitimately be described as “Mahathir’s Islam.” This discourse contains Mahathir’s assessment of the economic, political, and sociocultural problems facing the contemporary Muslim world and the range of solutions and corrective measures that he proposed Muslims should adopt. His ideas are fraught with flaws and contradictions. On the one hand, he emphasized the individualistic, egalitarian, pluralistic, democratic, and dynamic qualities of Islam. On the other, his government enacted legislation and acquiesced in the activities of religious bodies that curtailed religious freedoms of both Muslims and non-Muslims. His ideas contributed to Malaysia’s worsening state of interethnic relations, yet his insistence that every Muslim had the right to speak for Islam may have, paradoxically, prepared the ground for a future democratization of Malaysian politics. Mahathir’s Islam is based on rigorous analysis of Mahathir’s speeches, interviews, and writings, which the author is able to link to parallel processes elsewhere in the Muslim world—Indonesia, the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey, and diaspora communities in the West. Mahathir’s Islamic discourse, Schottmann suggests, must be read against the wider late twentieth-century resurgence of religion in general, and the post-1970s Islamic revival in particular. Balanced in approach and engagingly written, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, religious studies, and others interested in Malaysia, Southeast Asia, or Mahathir himself.

Author : Alberto G. Gomes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Indigenous peoples
ISBN : OCLC:656803790

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Modernity and Malaysia by Alberto G. Gomes Pdf

Author : Raymond L. M. Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Malaysia
ISBN : UOM:39015040040365

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Sacred Tensions by Raymond L. M. Lee Pdf

Author : Michael G. Peletz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 0691095086

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Islamic Modern by Michael G. Peletz Pdf

PART ONE. THE CULTURE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND HISTORY OF THE ISLAMIC COURTS -- Locating Islamic Magistrates and Their Courts in History -- The Work of the Courts -- Litigant Strategies and Patterns of Resistance -- PART TWO. MODERNITY AND GOVERNMENTALITY IN ISLAMIC COURTS AND OTHER DOMAINS -- Reinscribing Authenticity and Identity -- Producing Good Subjects, "Asian Values," and New Types of Criminality.

Author : Jack Meng-Tat Chia
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9780190090975

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Monks in Motion by Jack Meng-Tat Chia Pdf

In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. This book tells the story of three prominent monks--Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002)--and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century.

Author : Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Chinese
ISBN : 9971694166

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Penang by Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi Pdf

Author : Antonio L. Rappa
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9812380094

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Modernity & Consumption by Antonio L. Rappa Pdf

Offers an examination of modernity and consumption with a non-Marxist, modernity-Resistance-theoretical frame (mRf).

Author : Ulf Mellström
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Masculinity
ISBN : 0367604566

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Masculinity, Power and Technology by Ulf Mellström Pdf

Drawing on fieldwork carried out among male motor mechanics in the Chinese diaspora of Penang, Malaysia, this informative volume explores the links between technology and the masculinization of power. Malaysia shares an obsession with modernity by way of technological development and a can do entrepreneurial spirit where technology is held in high esteem. Technology holds such positive connotations in Malaysian society that it is therefore a source of individual and national empowerment. Technology and modernity are therefore important factors when understanding contemporary Malaysian society. Just as there is very much a masculine ethos pervading Malaysia's spirit and belief in modernity and progress, this insightful and rewarding book focuses on technology and machines in relation to masculinity to provide an innovative, anthropological perspective of Malaysian society and the Chinese diaspora.