Anti-Semitism in Contemporary Malaysia Malay Nationalism, Philosemitism and Pro-Israel Expressions /

• Main Author: Ainslie, Mary J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Ethnology-Asia.; Asia-Politics and government.; Sociology of Religion.; Religion and Society.; Asian Culture.; Asian Politics.

Offering an empirical study into anti-Semitism and anti-Israel attitudes in Malaysia, this book examines the complicated nature and function of such beliefs within the contemporary context, mapping these discourses onto different ethnic and economic divisions. Based largely upon qualitative intervie...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - Judaism and anti-Semitism in Southeast Asia and Malaysia
• Anti-Semitism as morally correct - characterizing the dominant construction of Israel, Palestine and Jews in Malaysia
• Understanding the Function of anti-Semitism and the Israel/Palestine situation in Malaysia
• Questioning anti-Semitism in Malaysia
• Curiosity, interest and Philosemitism
• Conclusion.