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Islamism and the Quest for Hegemony in Indonesia by Luqman Nul Hakim is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Islamism and the Quest for Hegemony in Indonesia about?
This book examines the failure of Islamic politics in becoming a hegemonic force in Indonesia and the far-reaching consequences for current practices of democracy and of Islam itself. In contrast to the thesis of compatibility between Islam and democracy following the dominant discourse of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and neoliberal democracy, this study situates Islamic politics in broader social settings by examining its nature and trajectories throughout Indonesia⁰́₉s modern political history. The book thus investigates how the practices of Islamic politics, or Islamism, have shaped and been transformed through political contestations and the formation of coalitions of multiple forces in constructing Indonesia⁰́₉s socio-political landscape. Using the concept of hegemony from poststructuralist discourse theory, the analytical framework applied in this book goes beyond liberal epistemologies of Islamism that prescribe the separation of religion from politics and treat Islamism as an object of intervention. Instead, the book is premised on the contention that Indonesia is a political construction, in which Islam has become one of the major discourses that have defined and transf
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- Author
- Luqman Nul Hakim
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd Fka Springer Science + Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789811996603
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Islam, Political Science, Religion