Alkatiri, Wardah (2017) A Twin Pregnancy: Islam and Nationalism in Indonesia. Istiqro', 15 (1). pp. 231-276. ISSN 1693-0096
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Abstract
This article offers a critical approach to the discourse of ‘Islam Nusantara’. Through a constructivist-interpretivist lens, it provides a historical narrative as the context of the social construction of Indonesian nationalism vis-à-vis ‘Indonesian Islam’ on the one hand, and ‘global Islam’ for Indonesians on the other. During the colonial past, the tensions between the colonized and the colonizer in the archipelago were replete with warfare in which the Muslim leaders played critical roles. That memory has helped to shape the relationship between Islam and nationalism, a relationship that complicates the future gravitation in antagonistic directions. On the one hand, toward Indonesian ‘nationness’, and on the other, toward the unity of the Islamic world when the notion of Ummah and the ideal of khilafah have become strengthened among a sizeable portion of the Muslim population in the wake of globalization facilitated by information and telecommunication technologies. Thereby, the history set the scene for the gestation of twin ‘imagined communities’. One is the ‘nationness’ of the nationalists. and the other is the ‘global Ummah’ of the Muslims. Contestation between the ideals of the two distinct ‘nations’ began since the formation of the nation-state and intensified during early independence. At that time, secular-nationalism as a conscious creation of the modernized educated elite was used as a means of social control in relation to hegemonization and modernization, and was used to unify people from diverse religions and ethnic backgrounds. That secular nationalism was even made ‘sacred’ in attempts to unify all the nation’s potentials toward developmentalists’ programs. In more recent times, as Indonesia has entered globalization, that secular-nationalism was reignited once again to respond to the weakening of the ‘nation.’ On theoretical ground, ‘symbolic universe’ premise of Berger and Luckmann is propounded to explain the enduring contentions between Muslims and secular nationalists, given the cognitive, normative, and affective components of what have been disputed, namely, religion and nationalism. On the whole, the article aims to be a salutary reminder of the dangers of politicizing ‘Islam Nusantara’ and making it an ‘official Islam’ for Indonesian citizen, for it potentially stimulates sectarian clashes within the Muslim society.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Historical Narrative, Postcolonial, Developmentalism, Integralism, Islam Nusantara |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics > RG551-591 Pregnancy |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery > Program Study of Nursing Magister |
| Depositing User: | Mr. . Aji |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2020 06:00 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 06:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.unusa.ac.id/id/eprint/6236 |
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