LEADER 03160nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910817276603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-045209-9 010 $a1-282-05390-6 010 $a9786612053900 010 $a0-19-970382-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000300518 035 $a(EBL)431060 035 $a(OCoLC)368235320 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126320 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10082498 035 $a(PQKB)10630809 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288475 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205390 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431060 035 $a(OCoLC)243675204 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB166004 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000300518 100 $a20080808d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPiety and politics $eIslamism in contemporary Malaysia /$fJoseph Chinyong Liow 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 1 $aReligion and global politics series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-537708-7 311 $a0-19-986952-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index. 327 $aContents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Genesis of an Islamist Agenda; 2. The Malaysian State and the Bureaucratization of Islam; 3. Reconstructing and Reinforcing Islamism; 4. "Popular" Political Islam: Representations and Discourses; 5. "Securing" Islam in a Time of Turbulence; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aMalaysia, home to some twenty million Muslims, is often held up as a model of a pro-Western Islamic nation. The government of Malaysia, in search of Western investment, does its best to perpetuate this view. But this isn't the whole story. Over the last several decades, Joseph Liow shows, Malaysian politics has taken a strong turn toward Islamism. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the growing role of Islam in the last quarter century of Malaysian politics. Conventional wisdom suggest that the ruling UMNO party has moved toward Islamism to fend off challenges from the more heavily Is 410 0$aReligion and global politics. 606 $aIslam and politics$zMalaysia 606 $aIslam and state$zMalaysia 606 $aIslamic fundamentalism$zMalaysia 607 $aMalaysia$xPolitics and government 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aIslam and state 615 0$aIslamic fundamentalism 676 $a320.5 676 $a320.55709595 700 $aLiow$b Joseph Chinyong$f1972-$0897124 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817276603321 996 $aPiety and politics$94108732 997 $aUNINA