Title: Culture, religion and conflict in Muslim Southeast Asia : negotiating tense pluralisms /
Authors: Camilleri, Joseph A., 1944-; Schottmann, Sven.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Islam Southeast Asia; Muslims Southeast Asia.; Southeast Asia Ethnic relations.
Abstract: 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 authors assembled in this book illuminate the principal regional discourses that attempt to make sense of conflict and tensions. They examine local notions of "dialogue," "reconciliation," "civility" and "conflict resolution" and show 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 demonstrates how stumbling blocks to dialogue and reconciliation can 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 region and politics in Southeast Asia.
Contents: 1.Culture, religion and the Southeast Asian state / Joseph Camilleri -- pt. I States, discourses and grandes idees -- 2.Religion and culture in Southeast Asian regionalism / Joseph Camilleri -- 3.Religious pluralism in Malaysia: can there be dialogue? / Gerhard Hoffstaedter -- 4.Paving the ground? Malaysia's democratic prospects and the Mahathir government's Islamic discourse / Sven Schottmann -- 5.Turning conservative Muslims into good citizens': new allies in the management of Islam in Singapore after 9/11 / Michael D. Barr -- pt. II Conflict and reconciliation -- 6.Managing cultural diversity and conflict: the Malaysian experience / Alberto G. Gomes -- 7.From colonialist to infidel: framing the enemy in Southern Thailand's cosmic war' / Virginie Andre -- 8.Chinese Indonesians, kongkow and Prabowo: a story of reconciliation in post-New Order Indonesia / Jemma Purdey.