Culture, Religion and Conflict in Muslim Southeast Asia
By examining the sometimes surprising and unexpected roles that culture and religion have played in mitigating or exacerbating conflicts, this book explores the cultural repertoires from which Southeast Asian political actors have drawn to negotiate the pluralism that has so long been characteristic of the region.
Focusing on the dynamics of identity politics and the range of responses to the socio-political challenges of religious and ethnic pluralism, the book illuminates the principal regional discourses that attempt to make sense of conflict and tensions. It examines local notions of dialogue, reconciliation, civility and conflict resolution and shows how varying interpretations of these terms have informed the responses of different social actors across Southeast Asia to the challenges of conflict, culture and religion. The book goes on to demonstrate how stumbling blocks to dialogue and reconciliation can be and have been overcome in different parts of Southeast Asia and identifies a range of actors who might be well placed to make useful contributions, propose remedies, and initiate action towards negotiating the region's pluralism.
This book provides a much needed regional and comparative analysis that makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the interfaces between religion and politics in Southeast Asia.
Joseph Camilleri is Director of the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University, Australia. His research interests include regional and global governance, the political economy of Asia- Pacific, the role of religion and culture in international affairs, the politics of oil and the Middle East, and security policy.
Sven Schottmann is a Research Associate at the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University, Australia. His main research interests are Muslim social movements in Southeast Asia, as well as the range of intellectual and imaginative encounters between Muslims in different parts of the world.
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series
Land Tenure, Conservation and Development in Southeast Asia
Peter Eaton
The Politics of IndonesiaMalaysia Relations
One kin, two nations
Joseph Chinyong Liow
Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar
Education, health and environment
Helen James
Regionalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Edited by Maribeth Erb, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto and Carole Faucher
Living with Transition in Laos
Market integration in Southeast Asia
Jonathan Rigg
Christianity, Islam and Nationalism in Indonesia
Charles E. Farhadian
Violent Conflicts in Indonesia
Analysis, representation, resolution
Edited by Charles A. Coppel
Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia
Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Ronald Bruce St John
The Politics of Tyranny in Singapore and Burma
Aristotle and the rhetoric of benevolent despotism
Stephen McCarthy
Ageing in Singapore
Service needs and the state
Peggy Teo, Kalyani Mehta, Leng Leng Thang and Angelique Chan
Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar
Helen James
Expressions of Cambodia
The politics of tradition, identity and change
Edited by Leakthina Chau-Pech Ollier and Tim Winter
Financial Fragility and Instability in Indonesia
Yasuyuki Matsumoto
The Revival of Tradition in Indonesian Politics
The deployment of adat from colonialism to indigenism
Edited by Jamie S. Davidson and David Henley
Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia
Small town wars
Gerry van Klinken
Singapore in the Global System
Relationship, structure and change
Peter Preston
Chinese Big Business in Indonesia
The state of the capital
Christian Chua
Ethno-religious Violence in Indonesia
From soil to God
Chris Wilson
Ethnic Politics in Burma
States of conflict
Ashley South
Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Edited by Marco Bnte and Andreas Ufen
Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia
Golkar in the post-Suharto era
Dirk Tomsa
Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia
Locating the Commonwealth
Edited by Carol Warren and John F. McCarthy
Rebellion and Reform in Indonesia
Jakarta's security and autonomy polices in Aceh
Michelle Ann Miller
Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia
An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature
Frode F. Jacobsen
Vietnam's Political Process
How education shapes political decision making
Casey Lucius
Muslims in Singapore
Piety, politics and policies
Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Alexius A. Pereira and Bryan S. Turner
Timor Leste
Politics, history and culture
Andrea Katalin Molnar
Gender and Transitional Justice
The women of East Timor
Susan Harris Rimmer
Environmental Cooperation in Southeast Asia
ASEAN's regime for trans-boundary haze pollution
Paruedee Nguitragool
The Theatre and the State in Singapore
Terence Chong
Ending Forced Labour in Myanmar
Engaging a pariah regime
Richard Horsey
Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste
A cross-sectoral assessment
Edited by Vandra Harris and Andrew Goldsmith
The Politics of Religion in Indonesia
Syncretism, orthodoxy, and religious contention in Java and Bali
Edited by Michel Picard and Remy Madinier
Singapore's Ageing Population
Managing healthcare and end of life decisions
Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan
Changing Marriage Patterns in Southeast Asia
Economic and socio-cultural dimensions
Edited by Gavin W. Jones, Terence H. Hull and Maznah Mohamad
The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia
Conflict and leadership
Edited by Marcus Mietzner
Neoliberal Morality in Singapore
How family policies make state and society
Youyenn Teo
Local Politics in Indonesia
Pathways to power
Nankyung Choi
Separatist Conflict in Indonesia
The long-distance politics of the Acehnese diaspora
Antje Missbach
Corruption and Law in Indonesia
The unravelling of Indonesia's anti-corruption framework through law and legal process
Simon Butt
Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia
Edited by Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons
Justice and Governance in East Timor
Indigenous approaches and the New Subsistence State
Rod Nixon
Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore
Making future citizens
Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
Labour Migration and Human Trafficking
Critical perspectives from Southeast Asia
Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons and Willem van Schendel
Singapore Malays
Being ethnic minority and Muslim in a global city-state
Hussin Mutalib
Political Change and Territoriality in Indonesia
Provincial proliferation
Ehito Kimura