How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic research, David Kloos offers a detailed analysis of religious life in Aceh and an investigation into today's personal processes of ethical formation.
Aceh is known for its history of rebellion and its recent implementation of Islamic law. Debunking the stereotypical image of the Acehnese as inherently pious or fanatical, Kloos shows how Acehnese Muslims reflect consciously on their faith and often frame their religious lives in terms of gradual ethical improvement. Revealing that most Muslims view their lives through the prism of uncertainty, doubt, and imperfection, he argues that these senses of failure contribute strongly to how individuals try to become better Muslims. He also demonstrates that while religious authorities have encroached on believers and local communities, constraining them in their beliefs and practices, the same process has enabled ordinary Muslims to reflect on moral choices and dilemmas, and to shape the ways religious norms are enforced.
Arguing that Islamic norms are carried out through daily negotiations and contestations rather than blind conformity, Becoming Better Muslims examines how ordinary people develop and exercise their religious agency.
Название: Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia ISBN: 1785338129 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785338120 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 4796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. While, on the one hand, it facilitates transethnic integration and promotes a specifically postcolonial sense of common nationhood due to its heterogeneous origins, creole groups of people are often perceived ambivalently in the wake of colonialism and its demise, on the other. In this book, Jacqueline Knorr analyzes the social, historical, and political contexts of creoleness both at the grassroots and the State level, showing how different sections of society engage with creole identity in order to promote collective identification transcending ethnic and religious boundaries, as well as for reasons of self-interest and ideological projects.
Автор: Bin Ibad Umber Название: Sufi shrines and the pakistani state ISBN: 1788311817 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788311816 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 17424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sufi shrines became highly contested. Considered deviant and `un-Islamic', they soon fell under government control as part of a state-led strategy to create an `official', more unified, Islamic identity. This book, the first to address the political history of Sufi shrines in Pakistan, explores the various ways in which the postcolonial state went about controlling their activities. Of key significance, Umber Bin Ibad shows, was the `West Pakistan Waqf Properties Ordinance', a governmental decree issued in 1959. Formed when General Ayub Khan assumed the role of Chief Martial Law Administrator, this allowed the state to take over shrines as `waqf property'. According to Islamic law, a waqf, or charitable endowment, had to be used for charitable or religious purposes and the state created a separate Auqaf department to control the finances and activities of all the shrines which were now under a state sponsored waqf system. Focusing on the Punjab - famous for its large number of shrines - the book is based on extensive primary research including newspapers, archival sources, interviews, court records and the official reports of the Auqaf department. At a time when Sufi shrines are being increasingly targeted by Islamist extremists, who view Sufism as heretical, this book sheds light on the shrines' contentious historical relationship with the state. An original contribution to South Asian Studies, the book will also be relevant to scholars of Colonial and Post-Colonial History and Sufism Studies.
Описание: South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the recent consensus has been that South Africa's diplomacy over the last decades has been a disappointing failure-from appearing to back the controversial Mugabe regime to accusations that it is failing to utilize its position to encourage Chinese investment. John Siko has had insider access to the corridors of power in South Africa, and, with access to the major political players, charts the inability of South Africa to develop a coherent policy over the last four decades. In particular, he reveals the tight grip Mbeki has over foreign policy, to the detriment of SA's standing in the world, and argues South Africa's isolationist style of policy making has not changed enough after Mandela's election in 1994.
Описание: From 1986 to 1994, East Africa`s postcolonial, political order was profoundly challenged when four revolutionary `liberation` movements seized power. This novel, far-reaching analysis focuses on the crisis of East Africa`s postcolonial political order, and the attempts by four revolutionary movements to disrupt, transform and reconstitute it.
Автор: SM Amin Название: Understanding the History of the Aceh Conflict ISBN: 9811508666 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811508660 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6986.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is the first English translation of the original text Atjeh Sepintas Lalu published in 1950 in Bahasa Indonesia by one of Indonesia`s leading lawyers, writers, and political figures, examining the history of the continuously turbulent Aceh.
Описание: By examining the heterogeneity of the imaginings of the nation `from below`, it moves away from the tendency to focus on the homogeneity of the nation, found in the classic theories such as Anderson`s and Gellner`s, as well as in more recent theories on every day and banal nationalism.
Автор: Clarke Matthew, Fanany Ismet Название: Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh ISBN: 1138881279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138881273 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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On Sunday 26 December 2004, a tsunami of up to 30 metres high hit the northern tip of Sumatera in Indonesia, causing immediate destruction and the deaths of at least 130,000 in Indonesia alone. The scale of the devastation and ensuing human suffering prompted the biggest response endeavour to any natural disaster in history.
Post-Disaster Reconstruction will be the first major book that analyses the different perspectives and experiences of the enormous post-tsunami reconstruction effort. It looks specifically at the reconstruction efforts in Aceh, one of the regions most heavily-hit by the tsunami and a province that has until recently suffered nearly three decades of armed conflict. Positioning the reconstruction efforts within Aceh's multi-layered historical, cultural, socio-political and religious contexts, the authors explore diverse experiences and assessments of the reconstruction. It considers the importance of the political and religious settings of the reconstruction, the roles of communities and local non-government organisations and the challenges faced by Indonesian and international agencies. From the in-depth examination of this important case study of disaster reconstruction - significant not only because of the huge scale of the natural disaster and response but also the post-conflict issues - the editors draw together the lessons learned for the future of Aceh and make general recommendations for post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction-making.
Автор: Knorr Jacqueline Название: Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia ISBN: 1782382682 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782382683 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 16988.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. While, on the one hand, it facilitates transethnic integration and promotes a specifically postcolonial sense of common nationhood due to its heterogeneous origins, creole groups of people are often perceived ambivalently in the wake of colonialism and its demise, on the other. In this book, Jacqueline Kn?rr analyzes the social, historical, and political contexts of creoleness both at the grassroots and the State level, showing how different sections of society engage with creole identity in order to promote collective identification transcending ethnic and religious boundaries, as well as for reasons of self-interest and ideological projects.
Описание: Chapter 1: Why such a Fuss about Performance LegitimacyChapter 2: Post-conflict Legitimacy and the Role of Performance Legitimacy.Chapter 3: Measuring Legitimacy.Chapter 4: The Cracks in the Liberal Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Development ModelChapter 5: The Lebanese Experience with Performance LegitimacyChapter 6: Important Lessons from Senegal's Changing Experience with Performance LegitimacyChapter 7: South Sudan and its Bloody Experience with Performance LegitimacyChapter 8: Performance Legitimacy and the Impact of Contextual Factors
Автор: Aspinall Edward Название: Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia ISBN: 0804760454 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804760454 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 3430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Rooted in the latest theoretical debates about nationalism and ethnicity, yet written in an accessible and engaging style, Islam and Nation presents a fascinating study of the genesis, growth and decline of a nationalist movement.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with nationalist leaders, activists and guerillas, Aspinall reveals how the Free Aceh Movement went from being a quixotic fantasy to a guerilla army in the space of a generation, leading to a bitter conflict in which thousands perished. And by exploring the complex relationship between Islam and nationalism, Aspinall also explains how a society famed for its Islamic piety gave rise to a guerilla movement that ended up rejecting the Islamic goals of its forebears.
Islam and Nation is a tour de force in the study of nationalist politics. It will be of great interest to readers concerned about Southeast Asia, Islamic politics, ethnic conflict and nationalism everywhere.
This series is aimed at understanding the dynamics in the relationship between enduring conflict, hardship, governance regimes, connectivity in Africa. The first books of the series concentrate on Middle and West Africa, in particular in Cameroon, Chad, CAR, Nigeria, Congo-Brazzaville, DRC, Uganda and Mali; a region with a shared history of connectivity, of oppression and conflict (duress). Within the region the variation in these two variables and its comparisons highlight processes and dynamics of socio-political change, and of agency (the ways of people to act, react, experience). The series uses an interdisciplinary methodology, combining anthropology, history, communication studies, conflict studies, and social geography. Publications are comparative and complementary, among diverse mobile populations in urban centers, refugee camps, and remote rural areas and of different types of relations between duress and changing communication technologies. The main concepts Duress and Connectivity need explanation. Duress is the internalization of conflict/oppression, and combines the long history of such circumstances, their recurrence, with a perspective on (constrained) agency, emotions, and socio-political change. Connectivity encompasses all forms of connectivity, from geographical mobility to communication, in which the role of technologies of communication (from roads to mobile phones) are present. In this series we focus on the interplay between the changes and continuities in connectivity and the way it (re/trans)forms duress.
More specifically, the publications in this series concentrate on (a) how, through new communication and information flows people’s experience of duress changes; (b) how new opportunities to be informed, to communicate, and connect, influence individual decision making and the (re)forming of communities; and (c) how these changes influence power relations and existing hierarchies. An important goal is to contextualize these seemingly ‘revolutionary’ and ‘new’ changes related to the introduction of new technologies in a historical longue duree_perspective, relating developments in connectivity to older connectivity processes in the history of African regions.
The series will be in conversation with various fields in the social sciences and humanities: Studies of migration, displacement, refugees; Studies of the history of conflict; Conflict studies; Ethnography of mobility, Mobility turn in Geography (Urry et al.), and in the methodological field with Digital Ethnography and Digital Humanities.
Advisory Board:
Prof. Khalil Alio, University of Ndjamena
Dr. Henrietta Nyamnjoh, Independent Researcher
Prof. Marie-Soleil Frere, Universite de Bruxelles
Prof. Bruce Mutsvairo
Dr. Katrien Pype, University of Leuven
Prof. Andrea Behrends, University of Bayreuth
Prof. Abdou Salam Fall, IFAN, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar
Prof. Rijk van Dijk, University of Leiden,
Dr. Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town
Prof. Han van Dijk, Wageningen University
Prof. Thomas Moloniy, Director African Studies Centre Edinburgh
Prof. Ayo Ojebode, University of Ibadan
Dr. Joris Schapendonk, Nijmegen University
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