Japan and Vietnam's Caodaists: A Wartime Relationship (1939–45)
The study describes an asymmetric relationship between Vietnamese Caodaists, followers of the Cao Dai religion, and the Japanese during World War Two. The Caodaists maintained a pro-Japanese stance throughout the occupation, based on their judgement that they could in this way advance the nationalist cause and achieve independence from French rule. The position of the Caodaists immediately after the end of World War Two was adversely affected as a result of their wartime collaboration.
Conservative Confluences, "Nativist" Synergy: Reinscribing Vichy's National Revolution in Indochina, 1940-1945
<p>This article investigates the role of the colonizers in fostering a new cultural nationalism in Indochina under Vichy. Based on extensive research in France and Vietnam, it argues that Vichy colonial authorities not only tolerated the "return" to ancient rituals and traditions but actually impelled a new explicitly nationalist and nostalgic discourse, one that would be appropriated and redirected by a host of political actors throughout Indochina. This cultural and political analysis delves into the complexities of the moment of disentanglement that preceded decolonization in Indochina, arguing that Vichyite beliefs in hierarchy, authenticity, the village, and the soil made for a curious "nativist congruence" during these critical years. </p><p>Les colonisateurs français sous Vichy ont-ils promu un nouveau nationalisme culturel en Indochine ? S'appuyant sur un important travail de recherche au Vietnam et en France, le présent article affirme que les autorités coloniales vichyssoises, loin de se contenter de tolérer un Çretouré à des traditions et rites anciens, ont bel et bien été à l'origine de ce nouveau discours explicitement nationaliste et nostalgique. Ce discours allait être approprié et récupéré à bien d'autres fins par une panoplie d'acteurs dans toute l'Indochine. Cette étude culturelle et politique explore donc la période nébuleuse de séparation et de prise de conscience qui précéda la décolonisation de l'Indochine. Les valeurs pétainistes, en matière de hiérarchie, d'authenticité, du culte du sol ou du village, contribuèrent à une curieuse synergie Çnativisteé pendant ces années charnières. </p>
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
PART I: The Pre-Islamic Middle East Chapter 1 Mesopotamia Chapter 2 The Mediterranean Middle East PART II: Founding Discourses Chapter 3 Women and the Rise of Islam Chapter 4 The Transitional Age Chapter 5 Elaboration of the Founding Discourses Chapter 6 Medieval Islam PART III: New Discourses Chapter 7 Social and Intellectual Change Chapter 8 The Discourse of the Veil Chapter 9 The First Feminists Chapter 10 Divergent Voices Chapter 11 The Struggle for the Future Conclusion Notes Index.