The Malaysian Islamic Party PAS 1951-2013

Islamism in a Mottled Nation
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-8964-576-0
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: Religion and Society in Asia

The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS is the biggest opposition party in Malaysia today and one of the most prominent Islamist parties in Southeast Asia. This work recounts the historical development of PAS from 1951 to the present, and looks at how it has risen to become a political movement that is both local and transnational, tracking its rise from the Cold War to the age of the War on Terror, and its evolving ideological postures - from anti-colonialism to post-revolutionary Islamism, as the party adapted itself to the realities of the postmodern global age. PAS's long engagement with modernity and its nuanced approach to the goal of state capture is the focus of this work, as it recounts the story of the Islamist party and Malaysia by extension.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Noor, Farish A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Noor, Farish A.
Farish A. Noor is Professor of Southeast Asian History at the Faculty of Arts, University Malaya.

"https://www.rsis.edu.sg/profile/farish-badrol-hisham-ahmad-noor/#.VKv5oyvF_s4" target="_blank">Farish A. Noor is Associate Professor for the Contemporary Islam Programme at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and member of the United Nations' Alliance of Civilizations Panel of Global Experts on Religion and Politics in Asia.[-][-]Nieuw boek: Knowledge and Fear of the Unknown:[-]Farish A Noor is Associate Professor at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, where he teaches the history and politics of Southeast Asia.