Caged in on the Outside: Moral Subjectivity, Selfhood, and Islam in Minangkabau, Indonesia

ISBN-13: 9780824875213 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 270 str.

Gregory M. Simon; David P. Chandler; Rita Smith Kipp

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An intimate ethnographic exploration of the ways in which Minangkabau people understand human value. Gregory Simon's book, based on extended ethnographic research in the small city of Bukittinggi, shines new light on Minangkabau social life by delving into people's interior lives, calling into question many assumptions about Southeast Asian values and the nature of Islamic practice.