Makings of Indonesian Islam

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-691-14530-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

Reihe: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics

Indonesian Islam is often portrayed as being intrinsically moderate by virtue of the role that mystical Sufism played in shaping its traditions. According to Western observers--from Dutch colonial administrators and orientalist scholars to modern anthropologists such as the late Clifford Geertz--Indonesia's peaceful interpretation of Islam has been perpetually under threat from outside by more violent, intolerant Islamic traditions that were originally imposed by conquering Arab armies. The Makings of Indonesian Islam challenges this widely accepted narrative, offering a more balanced assessment of the intellectual and cultural history of the most populous Muslim nation on Earth. Michael Laffan traces how the popular image of Indonesian Islam was shaped by encounters between colonial Dutch scholars and reformist Islamic thinkers. He shows how Dutch religious preoccupations sometimes echoed Muslim concerns about the relationship between faith and the state, and how Dutch-Islamic discourse throughout the long centuries of European colonialism helped give rise to Indonesia's distinctive national and religious culture. The Makings of Indonesian Islam presents Islamic and colonial history as an integrated whole, revealing the ways our understanding of Indonesian Islam, both past and present, came to be.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laffan, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

Abbreviations and Archival Referents xvii

Part One: Inspiration, Rememoration, Reform 1

Chapter One: Remembering Islamization, 1300-1750 3

Chapter Two: Embracing a New Curriculum, 1750-1800 25

Chapter Three: Reform and the Widening Muslim Sphere, 1800-1890 40

Part Two: Power in Quest of Knowledge 65

Chapter Four: Foundational Visions of Indies Islam, 1600-1800 67

Chapter Five: New Regimes of Knowledge, 1800-1865 85

Chapter Six: Seeking the Counterweight Church, 1837-1889 101

Part Three: Orientalism Engaged 123

Chapter Seven: Distant Musings on a Crucial Colony, 1882-1888 125

Chapter Eight: Collaborative Encounters, 1889-1892 147

Chapter Nine: Shadow Muftis, Christian Modern, 1892-1906 162

Part Four: Sufi Pasts, Modern Futures 175

Chapter Ten: From Sufism to Salafism, 1905-1911 177

Chapter Eleven: Advisors to Indonesie, 1906-1919 190

Chapter Twelve: Hardenings and Partings, 1919-1942 209

Conclusion 233

Glossary 237

Notes 243

Index 287

Über Autor(innen)

Laffan, Michael
Michael Laffan is professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of "Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below the Winds".