Profiles of Malay Culture: Historiography, Religion and Politics

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Yogyakarta: Ministry of Education and Culture, 1976. — 187 p.Картодирджо С. (ред.) Аспекты малайской культуры: историография, религия и политика (на англ. яз.)The present volume unites in some cases the papers presented to three successive Conferences of the International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA). There is no intention to try for completeness; it is with regret that we found ourselves unable to include other papers dealing with the history of Southeast Asia. Since the funds for this publication are rather limited, we have taken the liberty to select a small part of the papers presented at the Vlth IAHA Conference in Yogyakarta in 1974. Special attention is given to historiography, religion and politics, three main aspects of Malay Culture. Malay Culture is to be considered as an amalgamation of Great Traditions which came to the Malay realm and Little Traditions of the local peoples, giving birth in the course of time to a new autonomous culture. Its worldview, beliefsystems and processes of political development will give some glimpses of its essential spirit. We are convinced that this volume forms a very valuable contribution to the study of Malay Culture and will receive appreciation as such from the community of scholars interested in the Malay peoples, their Culture and History. These studies may help us to understand better the impact and function of Malay Culture in contemporary life in the Southeast Asia region.