- Title
- Islamism and the politics of crisis nationalism: the case of Indonesia
- Creator
- Snider, Joshua
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- This thesis addresses the theme of religion and nationalism and also explores the role of Islamism in the origin, management and reproduction of Indonesia’s post-colonial secular nationalism. Rather than contextualising the discussion of Islamism as a monolithic ideology “responsible” for engendering a global war on terror or as a gateway ideology to violent activism, my discussion of Islamism focuses on the symbiotic relationship between the State and the Islamist voices (in all its manifestations) within Indonesia. For students and scholars of nationalism studies the case of Indonesia is important, under-theorised and raises an important set of question related to secularisation thesis and the relationship between sectarian ideology and the framing of modern nationalisms. In Indonesia we see the convergence of a long-standing debate over the role of Islam in the day-to-day governance of the state and an increasingly vicious contestation over the interpretation of history and nationalism where the ideological moorings of Indonesia’s nationalism are being questioned by groups who see Indonesia’s secular legacy as a ‘historical wrong’ that needs to be rectified. Thus, in the context of Indonesia, asking myopic questions about how and where religion “goes wrong” and perverts the benign secular agenda of the modern nation-state, not only demonstrates a simplistic interpretation of historical events but also demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the secularisation thesis in the first place. This thesis argues that by de-coupling the discussion of Islamist ideology from the discussion of terrorism (as a primary level of analysis) we not only stand to gain a greater insight into how and why Islamism has evolved into such a powerful political force in post-colonial South-east Asia but by doing this we will also begin to address the problematique of modern religious nationalism and its impact on secular nation-states in the region. To engage this theme this thesis evaluates the complex processes by which ideas associated with Islamist discourse have been used to both garner support for and at the same time have worked in violent opposition to the project of modern secular nationalism.
- Subject
- nationalism; Islam; Indonesia; desecularisation; religious nationalism; corporatisation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1309834
- Identifier
- uon:21955
- Rights
- Copyright 2014 Joshua Snider
- Language
- eng
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