Book: Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia: Piety and Pragmatism / Article: Manufacturing the 'Ontological Enemy': Socio-Political Construction of anti-Democracy Discourses among HTI Activists in Post-New Order Indonesia
Masdar Hilmy (State Institute for Islamic Studies [IANA] Sunan Ampel Surabaya) is the author of a book, "Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia: Piety and Pragmatism" (ISEAS, April 2010).
Quote: "Most scholarly works conducted within the period of post-New Order Indonesia have underlined the fact that Indonesian Islamists reject the notion of democracy; no adequate explanation nonetheless has been attempted thus far as to how and to what extent democracy is being rejected. This book is dedicated to filling the gap by examining the complex reality behind the Islamists rejection of democracy. It focuses its analysis on two streams of Islamism: the two Islamist groups that seek extra-parliamentary means to achieve their goals, that is, MMI and HTI, and the PKS Islamists who choose the existing political party system as a means of their power struggle."
The book is available from Amazon and other online bookstores.
Presumably the book incorporates much of Helmy's earlier article, "Manufacturing the 'Ontological Enemy': Socio-Political Construction of anti-Democracy Discourses among HTI Activists in Post-New Order Indonesia", published in the "Journal of Indonesian Islam" (3 [2], December 2009: pp. 341-69).
Abstract: "The Indonesian Islamists' rejection of democracy, as this paper will demonstrate, is not monolithic; it is complex and multifaceted that is accompanied by a long process of argument building. This paper focuses its scope of analysis on Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), a Middle Eastern-derived 'transnational' Islamist movement that seeks to unite all Muslim nations all over the world under a Caliphate system. This paper argues that, in developing counter-discourses on democracy, the HTI activists employ both theological approach [sic] and modern socio-political narratives. It is also argued that the concept of enemy constructed by the HTI activists serves only as an ontological venture, and not existential one, for the purpose of self-fulfilling prophecy [sic]. The process of construction of the enemy follows the mode of binary opposition between the 'authentic self' and the 'corrupted other.' This paper borrows much of its theoretical framework from Saphiro, Foucault, Berger and Luckmann, and still many others."
Although the journal is supposed to be open access, I can't find a full version of the article, and the link to the abstract seems broken. The relevant journal issue's table of contents should be accessible from this link: http://ejournal.sunan-ampel.ac.id/index.php/JIIS/issue/view/77
Masdar Hilmy (State Institute for Islamic Studies [IANA] Sunan Ampel Surabaya) is the author of a book, "Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia: Piety and Pragmatism" (ISEAS, April 2010).
Quote: "Most scholarly works conducted within the period of post-New Order Indonesia have underlined the fact that Indonesian Islamists reject the notion of democracy; no adequate explanation nonetheless has been attempted thus far as to how and to what extent democracy is being rejected. This book is dedicated to filling the gap by examining the complex reality behind the Islamists rejection of democracy. It focuses its analysis on two streams of Islamism: the two Islamist groups that seek extra-parliamentary means to achieve their goals, that is, MMI and HTI, and the PKS Islamists who choose the existing political party system as a means of their power struggle."
The book is available from Amazon and other online bookstores.
Presumably the book incorporates much of Helmy's earlier article, "Manufacturing the 'Ontological Enemy': Socio-Political Construction of anti-Democracy Discourses among HTI Activists in Post-New Order Indonesia", published in the "Journal of Indonesian Islam" (3 [2], December 2009: pp. 341-69).
Abstract: "The Indonesian Islamists' rejection of democracy, as this paper will demonstrate, is not monolithic; it is complex and multifaceted that is accompanied by a long process of argument building. This paper focuses its scope of analysis on Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), a Middle Eastern-derived 'transnational' Islamist movement that seeks to unite all Muslim nations all over the world under a Caliphate system. This paper argues that, in developing counter-discourses on democracy, the HTI activists employ both theological approach [sic] and modern socio-political narratives. It is also argued that the concept of enemy constructed by the HTI activists serves only as an ontological venture, and not existential one, for the purpose of self-fulfilling prophecy [sic]. The process of construction of the enemy follows the mode of binary opposition between the 'authentic self' and the 'corrupted other.' This paper borrows much of its theoretical framework from Saphiro, Foucault, Berger and Luckmann, and still many others."
Although the journal is supposed to be open access, I can't find a full version of the article, and the link to the abstract seems broken. The relevant journal issue's table of contents should be accessible from this link: http://ejournal.sunan-ampel.ac.id/index.php/JIIS/issue/view/77
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