Reading Ideology in Indonesia Today

The Western roots of liberalism are expunged and replaced with a different historical overview that is Islamic. [...]the books on liberalism in Indonesia either lack contextualization within the Indonesian story or they expunge much of the Western discussion. The strategy employed by progressive int...

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Published in:Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde land- en volkenkunde, 2015-01, Vol.171 (2-3), p.347-363
Main Author: Fakih, Farabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colonialism
Democracy
Democratization
Ideology
Islam
Liberalism
Politics
Reading
Religion
Review Essays
Semiotics
Society
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Summary:The Western roots of liberalism are expunged and replaced with a different historical overview that is Islamic. [...]the books on liberalism in Indonesia either lack contextualization within the Indonesian story or they expunge much of the Western discussion. The strategy employed by progressive intellectuals in order to provide a voice to the subaltern is turned on its heels in the Indonesian case in order to support the shift toward majority rule. [...]authors in this line of thought make the Hindus and Buddhists of the past suspicious, their monuments a sign of the decadence of their elites and the religion purely held by the elites and not the masses (Susiyanto 2010: 82-90). According to Rais, the take-over of government policy in favour of multinational corporations represented state-hijacked corruption. [...]various Islamic authors and thinkers participate in all four discussions.
ISSN:0006-2294
2213-4379
DOI:10.1163/22134379-17102007