| Description |
1 online resource (262 pages) : map. |
| Series |
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 282 |
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Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 282.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : new perspectives on political Islam in twentieth-century Indonesia -- Planting the seeds : Java, the nationalist movement and Kartosuwiryo in the 1920s -- Political Islam in changing times : Sarekat Islam and Masyumi under the Dutch and Japanese occupations (1930-1945) -- Religious resistance and secular politics : laying the foundations of the Indonesian state (1945-1947) -- Building the Islamic state : from ideal to reality (1947-1949) -- The 'War of the Roses' : the Islamic state and the Pancasila Republic (1949-1962) -- From rebellion to martyrdom? -- Conclusion : the development of political Islam and the making of the Indonesian state. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
For decades, scholars of Indonesia have rejected the religious claims of the Darul Islam movement, interpreting the antagonism between the Islamic state and Soekarno's republic as a fight for power, self-assertion, or land rights. Recently Kartosuwiryo and the Darul Islam have become heroic symbols of the local Islamist struggle, offering an alternative vision of this politician. The author looks beyond this dichotomy between rebel and martyr to unveil a 'third' dimension of Kartosuwiryo--a politician whose legacy has been shaping the role of Islam in Indonesian politics for over fifty years. In a blend of archival sources, printed material, and oral accounts, the author follows the career and ideology of Kartosuwiryo, nationalist leader of the Sarekat Islam party and later Imam of the Islamic State of Indonesia. Following the trajectory of a political activism that was consistently dedicated to the formation of an independent Indonesian state, the chapters delineate the gradual radicalization of the Islamic party and of Kartosuwiryo's own ideals from the 1920s until the 1950s. Focusing on the dialectic between the religious and secular anti-colonial movements, this book explores the failure of political Islam in the mid-1950s; the consolidation of the Pancasila state under Soekarno's and Suharto's regimes; the latter's attempt to co-opt what was left of the Darul Islam in the 1970s; and the re-emergence of political Islam and Kartosuwiryo's memory in the post-1998 era. A testament to the relevance of historical enquiry in understanding contemporary politics, Islam and the making of the nation guides the reader through the contingencies of the past that have led to the transformation of a nationalist leader into a 'separatist rebel' and a 'martyr', while at the same time shaping the public perception of political Islam and strengthening the position of the Pancasila in contemporary Indonesia. Chiara Formichi (1982) has a PhD from the Department of History of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 2009, and she is Assistant Professor in Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. This monograph was drafted during a post-doctoral fellowship at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Her interests include the political history of Indonesia, Islam in Southeast Asia, transnational Islamic movements, and inter-Asian intellectual flows. In addition to several articles, her publications include Beyond Shi'ism: Alid piety in Muslim Southeast Asia (London: I.B. Tauris, 2013), Formichi and Feener editions. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Kartosuwirjo, Sekarmadji Maridjan, 1907-1962.
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Kartosuwirjo, Sekarmadji Maridjan, 1907-1962. (OCoLC)fst00231684
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Islam and politics -- Indonesia -- 20th century.
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Indonesia -- Religion -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
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Humanities.
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Islam and politics. (OCoLC)fst00979879
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Indonesia. (OCoLC)fst01209242
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Indexed Term |
Islam |
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colonial history |
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political development |
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nationalism |
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Islamic reform movements |
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political Islam |
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Islamic law |
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Indonesia |
| Added Title |
Kartosuwiryo and political Islam in twentieth-century Indonesia |
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Kartosuwiryo and political Islam in 20th-century Indonesia |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Formichi, Chiara. Islam and the making of the nation : Kartosuwiryo and political Islam in twentieth-century Indonesia. Leiden : KITLV, 2012 xvii, 244 pages ; 22 cm Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 282 9789067183864 (DLC) 10959454 (OCoLC)772000751 |
| ISBN |
9789004260467 (e-book) |
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9004260463 (e-book) |
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1322223866 (ebk) |
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9781322223865 (ebk) |
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9789067183864 |
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9067183865 |
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