{"product_id":"sharia-transformations-cultural-politics-and-the-rebranding-of-an-islamic-judiciary-paperback","title":"Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael G. Peletz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e--an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical changes in \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e judiciaries and contemporary strategies on the part of political and religious elites, social engineers, and brand stewards to shape, solidify, and rebrand these institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharia Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study of the practice and lived entailments of \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e in Malaysia, arguably the most economically successful Muslim-majority nation in the world. The book focuses on the routine everyday practices of Malaysia's \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e courts and the changes that have occurred in the court discourses and practices in recent decades. Michael G. Peletz approaches Malaysia's \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e judiciary as a global assemblage and addresses important issues in the humanistic and social-scientific literature concerning how Malays and other Muslims engage ethical norms and deal with law, social justice, and governance in a rapidly globalizing world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A work of rare and exceptional importance, this book provides the finest historical study of the changing organization and social context of Islamic courts anywhere in the world.\"--Robert W. Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies, Pardee School of Global Affairs, Boston University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A landmark text. This is a book that could only have been written by someone of Michael Peletz's stature and experience four decades into a brilliant career as a field-defining scholar. By bringing together so many different threads of deep knowledge about Malaysia and Islamic law and theology, this book both creates a new historiography for Islamic law in the twenty-first century and a state of the art for engaging in the anthropology of Islam and gender in an intersectional age.\"--Mark LeVine, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Peletz gives us a nuanced and insightful analysis of changes and continuities in women's and men's experiences in Malaysia's Islamic courts, and the entanglement of \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e and a secular constitution within a juridical field dominated by common law. \u003ci\u003eSharia Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding contribution to the study of law in practice.\"--Ziba Mir-Hosseini, author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage on Trial \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Too often Islamic law is demonized as brutal and discriminatory. Peletz demonstrates that it is a thoughtful and complex system which, in its local variations, partakes deeply of its surrounding culture. Much more than a parochial example, this book goes far to show the vitality and dynamism of the \u003ci\u003esharia.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--Lawrence Rosen, Cromwell Professor Emeritus, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A work of rare and exceptional importance, this book provides the finest historical study of the changing organization and social context of Islamic courts anywhere in the world.\"--Robert W. Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies, Pardee School of Global Affairs, Boston University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A landmark text. This is a book that could only have been written by someone of Michael Peletz's stature and experience four decades into a brilliant career as a field-defining scholar. By bringing together so many different threads of deep knowledge about Malaysia and Islamic law and theology, this book both creates a new historiography for Islamic law in the twenty-first century and a state of the art for engaging in the anthropology of Islam and gender in an intersectional age.\"--Mark LeVine, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Peletz gives us a nuanced and insightful analysis of changes and continuities in women's and men's experiences in Malaysia's Islamic courts, and the entanglement of \u003ci\u003esharia\u003c\/i\u003e and a secular constitution within a juridical field dominated by common law. \u003ci\u003eSharia Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding contribution to the study of law in practice.\"--Ziba Mir-Hosseini, author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage on Trial \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Too often Islamic law is demonized as brutal and discriminatory. Peletz demonstrates that it is a thoughtful and complex system which, in its local variations, partakes deeply of its surrounding culture. Much more than a parochial example, this book goes far to show the vitality and dynamism of the \u003ci\u003esharia.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--Lawrence Rosen, Cromwell Professor Emeritus, Princeton University\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael G. Peletz\u003c\/b\u003e is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University. His books include \u003ci\u003eIslamic Modern\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGender Pluralism\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eReason and Passion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Share of the Harvest.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724287184992,"sku":"9780520339927","price":82.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/S0Fwa1ZWVmZMWFpQTGowOGp6Z0tsQT09.webp?v=1777287062","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/sharia-transformations-cultural-politics-and-the-rebranding-of-an-islamic-judiciary-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}