Publications
Since the Institute was founded in 1998, academic staff have made significant contributions to the understanding of Asian languages and societies. Publications are often in English but Asia Institute staff also make important contributions to literature in languages other than English, increasing our international profile.
Publications are categorised by year:
Recent Publications by Asia Institute Staff & Fellows
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Ariel Heryanto (ed) Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics Routledge, 2008, 216pp This book shows how the multilayered and contradictory processes of identity formation in Indonesia are inextricably linked to popular culture. This is one of the first books on Indonesia's media and popular culture in English. It is a significant addition to the literature on Asian popular culture, and will be of interest to anyone who is interested in new developments in media and popular culture in Indonesia and Asia. |
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Shahram Akbarzadeh, Fethi Mansouri Islam and Political Violence - Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West Routledge, 2008, 288pp |
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Kylie Baxter, Shahram Akbarzadeh US Foreign Policy in the Middle East. The Roots of Anti-Americanism Routledge, 2008, 208pp |
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Japanese Popular Music: Culture, authenticity, and power Routledge, 2008, 208pp Japanese popular culture has been steadily increasing in visibility both in Asia and beyond in recent years. This book examines Japanese popular music, exploring its historical development, technology, business and production aspects, audiences, and language and culture. |
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Islamic Thought: An Introduction Routledge, 2006, 204pp Islamic Thought is a fresh and contemporary introduction to the philosophies and doctrines of Islam dealing with a range of areas from the foundation texts to law, theology, philosophy, politics, art and mysticism as well as key trends of Islamic thought in the pre-modern and modern periods. In addition, the book focuses on the development, production and transmission of religious knowledge, and the trends, schools and movements which have contributed to the production of this knowledge. |
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Sinica Leidensia Vol. 70, Brill, 2005, 317pp This book explores a Zhuang native chieftaincy which was enfranchised under the tusi system of late imperial China, and its relationship with the Chinese imperial state. It analyses the local economic, social and political systems within the tusi administration, and the impact of the replacement by direct Chinese rule in the 20th century. It also sheds critical light on the political management of the strategically sensitive Chinese-Vietnamese border area over 600 years. |
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Mulla Sadra's Transcendent Philosophy Ashgate, 2006, 136pp This book explores Mulla Sadra's philosophical thought and his departure from tradition; his turn to the doctrine of the primacy of Being; the dynamic characteristics of Being and the concept of substantial change; comparisons with Heidegger's ontology; And the influence of Mulla Sadra's ontology on subsequent Muslim Philosophy. |
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Interpreting the Qur'an: Towards a Contemporary Approach Routledge, 2005, 192pp Abdullah Saeed explores the current debates surrounding interpretation of the ethico-legal content of the Qur’an, and their impact on contemporary understanding of this sacred text. As he attempts to determine the text’s relevance to modern issues without compromising the overall framework of the Qur’an and its core beliefs and practices, he proposes a fresh approach, which takes into account the historical and contemporary contexts of interpretation. |
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Abdullah Saeed (ed) Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Indonesia Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2005, 252pp Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has a vibrant intellectual community that is undertaking interesting and challenging work on Islam. This volume brings togther a cross-section of Muslim intellectuals, from traditionalists to neo-modernists, and makes their varied approaches to the Qur'an accessible in English to a wider, global audience for the first time. |
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Ariel Heryanto State Terrorism and Political Identity in Indonesia: Fatally Belonging Routledge, 2006, 242 pp Weaving a balance of theory with an empirically based analysis, the book examines how the spectre of communism and the trauma experienced in the latter half of the 1960s remain critical in understanding the dynamics of terror, coercion and consent today. This is one of the first books to fully discuss the problematic representation and impacts of a crucial moment of Indonesia’s history that until recently has been largely unspoken. |
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Brill, 2005, 297 pp This groundbreaking study sheds light on the mechanisms of Chinese nation and state making. Examining the re-making of Qing Inner Asia as Chinese provincial territory in the late Qing and Republican periods, the author focuses on the efforts of warlords and local Chinese elites in creating the new Inner Mongolian province of Suiyuan. The book also traces the emergence of a new national discourse on Northwestern territory and demonstrates its importance to Chinese nation building. |
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A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of the Grammar of the Chinese Xiang Dialects "Trends in Linguistics" Series Mouton De Gruyter, 2005, 438 pp This is the first book in Chinese linguistics which discusses the grammar of a dialect group from both a synchronic and diachronic prespective. The synchronic part covers contemporary grammar across localities within the Xiang-speaking area using the methods and theories of comparative and typological linguistics. The diachronic analysis reconstructs earlier grammatical systems based mainly on modern data, and analyses development of syntactic systems adopting the methods and theories of historical linguistics and grammaticalization. |
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Salako or Badameà. Sketch grammar, texts and lexicon of a Kanayatn dialect in West Borneo Otto Harrassowitz, 2005, 328 pp Salako (or bahasa Badameà) is spoken in the northwestern tip of Borneo on both sides of the Malaysian-Indonesian border. It is a dialect of Kanayatn (Kendayan), a major Dayak language and one of the principal languages of West Kalimantan Province (Indonesian Borneo). The present volume contains a short grammatical description of Salako as well as a lexicon and a body of texts with translation (consisting of folk stories and fairly detailed accounts of local traditions). |
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Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, and the Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922 Stanford University Press, 2005, 304 pp Exploring the political emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1868 and 1922, this book fundamentally challenges the popular notion that the navy was a 'silent,' apolitical service. Politics, particularly budgetary politics, became the primary domestic focus of Japan's admirals in the prewar period. This study demonstrates that as the Japanese polity broadened after 1890, navy leaders expanded their political activities to secure appropriations commensurate with the creation of a world-class blue-water fleet. |