Islam, politics and youth in Malaysia the pop-Islamist reinvention of PAS
Providing an ethnographic account of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and its Youth Wing (Dewan Pemuda PAS), this book analyses the genesis and role of Islamic movements in terms of their engagement in mainstream politics. It explores the party's changing approach towards popular culture and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxon, UK New York, NY
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
2014
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series
65 |
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| Summary: | Providing an ethnographic account of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and its Youth Wing (Dewan Pemuda PAS), this book analyses the genesis and role of Islamic movements in terms of their engagement in mainstream politics. It explores the party's changing approach towards popular culture and critically investigates whether the narrative of a post-Islamist turn can be applied to the PAS Youth. The book shows that in contrast to the assumption that Islamic marketization and post-Islamism are reinforcing each other, the PAS Youth has strategically appropriated and integrated Islamic consumerism |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 195 pages 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780415844758 (hbk) |