Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia : : Piety and Pragmatism /

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

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 dedic...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
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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

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