Islamisation and its Opponents in Java

Ricklefs, Merle C.

ISBN 10: 9971696312 / ISBN 13: 9789971696313

Verlag: NUS Press, 2012

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Lightly bumped corner, light wear to covers, inscription (the author? ) ; otherwise text clean and tight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 560 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 242563

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Islamisation and its Opponents in Java
• Verlag: NUS Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9971696312
• ISBN-13: 9789971696313
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

The Javanese - one of the largest ethnic groups in the Islamic world - were once mostly 'nominal Muslims', with pious believers a minority and the majority seemingly resistant to Islam's call for greater piety. Over the tumultuous period analysed here - from colonial ruler through Japanese occupation and Revolution to the chaotic democracy of the Sukarno period, the Soeharto regime's aspirant totalitarianism and the democratic period since - that society has changed profoundly to become an extraordinary example of the rising religiosity that marks the modern age.

Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java draws on a formidable body of sources, including interviews, archival documents and a vast range of published material, to situate the Javanese religious experience from the 1930s to the present day in its local political, social, cultural and religious settings. The concluding part of the author's monumental three-volume series assessing more than six centuries of the on-going Islamisation of Javanese, the study has considerable relevance for much wider contexts. Beliefs, or disbeliefs, about the supernatural are important in all societies, and the final section of the book, which considers the significance of Java's religious history in global contexts, shows how it exemplifies a profound contest of values in the universal human search for a better life.



Winner of the 2015 George McT. Kahin Prize of the Association for Asian Studies. This award is given biennially to an outstanding scholar of Southeast Asian studies from any discipline or country specialization to recognize distinguished scholarly work on Southeast Asia beyond the author's first book.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

M.C. Ricklefs is Professor Emeritus of the Australian National University and was formerly Professor of History at the National University of Singapore and Monash University, and Director of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.