Malaysia: Islam, Society and Politics

Virginia Hooker · Norani Othman

Jan 2003 · Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

About this ebook

This collection of essays has been prepared as a tribute to Clive S. Kessler, Professor of Sociology at the University of New South Wales for over twenty years and a member of staff of the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, and the Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
           
           Written by colleagues and graduate students, the essays are divided into three sections: Islam, Society and Politics. They focus on Professor Kessler's analyses of Malaysia. Each essay draws on aspects of his published research, taking his insights as points of departure for new studies. Professor Kessler's ideas and observations are thus extended, complemented and updated in ways which emphasize the depth and extent of his influence on contemporary research on Malaysia.

About the author

• Virginia Hooker is Professor of Indonesian and Malay in the Faculty of Asian Studies, the Australian National University, Canberra, and Convener of the University's Southeast Asia and South Asia Graduate Programme.

• Norani Othman is Associate Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and, concurrently, a Research Affiliate (AGORA Fellow) at the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin.