Indonesia, Islam, and the international political economy : clash or cooperation? / Mark S. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Mark S., author.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies on Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia ; 2.

Routledge studies on Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Economic aspects--Indonesia.

Islam.

Islam--Economic aspects.

Indonesia.

Islam and politics--Indonesia.

Islam and politics.

Islam and state--Indonesia.

Islam and state.

International economic relations--Religious aspects--Islam.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 147 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

"The Republic of Indonesia is a rising great power in the Asia-Pacific, set to become the eighth largest economy in the world in the coming decades. It is the most populous Muslim majority country in the world. The largest Islamic organizations and parties have supported Indonesia's participation with global markets, but this has not come from an ideological support for capitalism or economic liberalization. Islamic political culture has denounced the injustices caused by global capitalism and its excesses. In fact, support for Indonesia's engagement with the international political economy is born from political pragmatism, and from Indonesia's struggles to achieve economic development. This book examines the role of Islamic identity in Indonesia's foreign economic relations and in its engagement with the world order. There is no single expression of Islam in Indonesia, the politics espoused by Islamic parties and organizations are far from monolithic. Islamic sentiment has been invoked by the state to justify heinous acts of brutality, as well as by violent, subnational revolutionary groups. However, these expressions of Islam have deviated from the dominant narrative, which is in favour of international cooperation and economic development. Economic exploitation, political alienation, financial volatility, and aggression toward Muslims around the world that has caused some Islamic groups to radicalize. The political culture of Islam in Indonesia is a social force that is helping to foster a peaceful rise for Indonesia. However, a peaceful expression of Islam is not inevitable for the republic, nor can it be assumed that Islamic identity in Indonesia will unwaveringly support the global economic order, regardless of what might occur in global politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The religious turn of IR and the ongoing silence of IPE

Islamic revival, colonial oppression

The Islamic ethic of cooperation and the politics of exclusion

The Orde Baru : the uses and abuses of Islam

Reformasi dan demokrasi : Islam as identity politics, not practical politics

Contested Islam : pragmatists, revolutionaries, and the state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9780415788878

0415788870

OCLC:

962141055