Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia : : Piety and Pragmatism / / Masdar Hilmy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Hilmy, Masdar,
• MitwirkendeR: Hilmy, Masdar,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)

Most scholarly works conducted within the period of post-New Order Indonesia have underlined the fact that Indonesian Islamists reject the notion of democracy; no adequate explanation nonetheless has been attempted thus far as to how and to what extent democracy is being rejected. This book is dedicated to filling the gap by examining the complex reality behind the Islamists’ rejection of democracy. It focuses its analysis on two streams of Islamism: the two Islamist groups that seek “extra-parliamentary” means to achieve their goals, that is, MMI and HTI, and the PKS Islamists who choose the existing political party system as a means of their power struggle. As this book has demonstrated, there are times when the two streams of Islamism share a common platform of understanding and interpretation as well as an intersection where they are in conflict with one another. The interplay between contested meanings over particular theological matters on normative grounds and power contests among the Islamists proves to be critical in shaping this complexity.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY: Re-examining the Intricate 18 Relationship -- 3. ISLAM AND DISCOURSES ON DEMOCRACY IN 61 INDONESIA: Definition, Historical Account, and Muslims’ Approaches to Democracy -- 4. ISLAMISM IN POST-NEW ORDER INDONESIA: 99 Explaining the Contexts -- 5. THEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE: On the Utopian Islamist 135 Rejection of Democracy -- 6. TOWARDS A HOME-GROWN DEMOCRACY? On the 179 Meliorist Islamist Acceptance of Democracy -- 7. INTERSECTION AND RUPTURE: Piety, Pragmatism, 213 and Power Contests among the Islamists -- 8. CONCLUSION: Findings and Theoretical Reflection -- Appendix 1: Full Text of the Madinah Charter (622 C.E.) -- Appendix 2: Yogyakarta Charter -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR