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Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below The Winds
Author(s): Michael Francis Laffan (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 18 May 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 312 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415444357
- ISBN-13: 9780415444354
Book Description
Drawing on previously unavailable archival material, this book argues that Indonesian nationalism rested on Islamic ecumenism heightened by colonial rule and the pilgrimage. The award winning author Laffan contrasts the latter experience with life in Cairo, where some Southeast Asians were drawn to both reformism and nationalism. After demonstrating the close linkage between Cairene ideology and Indonesian nationalism, Laffan shows how developments in the Middle East continued to play a role in shaping Islamic politics in colonial Indonesia.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘All readers should be duly impressed by the considerable achievements of this new book. Laffan’s study demonstates impressive erudition, analytical skill, and a supra-regional breadth rarely found in Southeast Asian Studies.’ – Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
‘This is a work which should be an integral part of university courses dealing with the history of both Islam and nationalism in Southeast Asia.’ – Southeast Asian Studies
‘All readers should be duly impressed by the considerable achievements of this new book. Laffan’s study demonstates impressive erudition, analytical skill, and a supra-regional breadth rarely found in Southeast Asian Studies.’ –Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
About the Author
Michael Laffan obtained his doctorate from the University of Sydney, 2001. He is currently a visiting fellow with the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, working within a project examining development of religious authority in twentieth century Indonesia. Michael Laffan is the winner of the ASAA President’s Award 2002.
