Sociology Of Islam In The Malay World

This module explores the effects of the modernization project upon the religious life of the Malays. By employing sociological insights, the course provides theoretical tools to critically examine the strategies various Muslim and non-Muslim social groups in the Malay World adopt to respond and adjust to these social processes. It will study themes such as popular youth cultures, religious ideologies, socio-economic development, social movements and state management to disentangle the ways in which global processes such as the increasing securitization besieging the September 11 generation and living in an age of migration are experienced within the context of pietization in the Malay World.