Robert W. Hefner
Autor de Civil Islam : Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia
Sobre El Autor
Robert W. Hefner is Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University.
Créditos de la imagen: Center for American Progress
Obras de Robert W. Hefner
Conversion to Christianity: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on a Great Transformation (1993) 23 copias
The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (2001) 17 copias
Islam in an Era of Nation-States: Politics and Religious Renewal in Muslim Southeast Asia (1997) 16 copias
Obras relacionadas
Hinduism in modern Indonesia : a minority religion between local, national, and global interests (2003) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Hefner, Robert William
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1952-05-28
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Educación
- University of Michigan (BA|1974; MA|1976; PhD|1981)
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 24
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 255
- Popularidad
- #89,877
- Valoración
- 4.4
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 68
- Idiomas
- 2
Civil Islam tells the story of Islam and democratization in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. Challenging stereotypes of Islam as antagonistic to democracy, this study of courage and reformation in the face of state terror suggests possibilities for democracy in the Muslim world and beyond.
Democratic in the early 1950s and with rich precedents for tolerance and civility, Indonesia succumbed to violence. In 1965, Muslim parties were drawn into the slaughter of half a million communists. In the aftermath of this bloodshed, a "New Order" regime came to power, suppressing democratic forces and instituting dictatorial controls that held for decades. Yet from this maelstrom of violence, repressed by the state and denounced by conservative Muslims, an Islamic democracy movement emerged, strengthened, and played a central role in the 1998 overthrow of the Soeharto regime. In 1999, Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid was elected President of a reformist, civilian government.
In explaining how this achievement was possible, Robert Hefner emphasizes the importance of civil institutions and public civility, but argues that neither democracy nor civil society is possible without a Robertized state. Against portrayals of Islam as inherently antipluralist and undemocratic, he shows that Indonesia's Islamic reform movement repudiated the goal of an Islamic state, mobilized religiously ecumenical support, promoted women's rights, and championed democratic ideals. This broadly interdisciplinary and timely work heightens our awareness of democracy's necessary pluralism, and places Indonesia at the center of our efforts to understand what makes democracy work.… (más)