NEW BOOKS FROM NIAS:

REDESIGNING THE COSMOS
Belief Systems and State Power in Indonesia
Ruth McVey

This sensitive inquiry into the role of religion in modern
Indonesia uses examples from the royal courts of Java, as well
as from Dayaks and other non-Muslim groups. (36 pp.) DKK 70,-


NATIONALISM AS POLITCICAL PARANOIA IN BURMA
An essay on the historical practice of power
Mikael Gravers

Significant study of the complex relationship between
nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth and twentieth
century Burma. (96 pp.)  DKK 40,-


THE MIDDLE EAST - UNITY AND DIVERSITY
Heikki Palva and Knut S. Vikor (eds.)

Papers on a wide range of subjects and disciplines from the 1992
Nordic conference on Middle Eastern studies. (247 pp.)  DKK 210,-


THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF LIBERALISM IN INDONESIA 1840-1940
Thommy Svensson

Because 'de ethische politiek' essentially reflected a racist
world view, humanitarian liberalism and colonialism in Indonesia
were incompatible and the attempt to transplant liberal Western
social and economic thinking into an Asian colonial context
proved to be futile. A critical essay on this crisis. (32 pp.) 
DKK 70,-


THE ISLAMIZATION OF THE LAW IN PAKISTAN 
Rubya Mehdi

Detailed critical study of the reforms made in recent years to
the law in Pakistan with the ostensible objective of bringing it
into line with the requirements of Islam. (329 pp.)  DKK 245,-


A FEW OF OUR BOOKS COMING SOON:

EXEMPLARY CENTRE, ADMINISTRATIVE PERIPHERY
Rural Leadership and the New Order on Java
Hans Antlov


LEADERSHIP ON JAVA
Gentle Hints, Authoritarian Rule
Hans Antlov and Sven Cederroth (eds.)


THE STATE & ITS ENEMIES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Alexander Wanek


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