@article{1454903,
      recid = {1454903},
      author = {Hakim, Luqman Nul,},
      title = {Islamism and the quest for hegemony in Indonesia /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book examines the failure of Islamic politics in  becoming a hegemonic force in Indonesia and the  far-reaching consequences for current practices of  democracy and of Islam itself. In contrast to the thesis of  compatibility between Islam and democracy following the  dominant discourse of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and  neoliberal democracy, this study situates Islamic politics  in broader social settings by examining its nature and  trajectories throughout Indonesia⁰́₉s modern political  history. The book thus investigates how the practices of  Islamic politics, or Islamism, have shaped and been  transformed through political contestations and the  formation of coalitions of multiple forces in constructing  Indonesia⁰́₉s socio-political landscape. Using the concept  of hegemony from poststructuralist discourse theory, the  analytical framework applied in this book goes beyond  liberal epistemologies of Islamism that prescribe the  separation of religion from politics and treat Islamism as  an object of intervention. Instead, the book is premised on  the contention that Indonesia is a political construction,  in which Islam has become one of the major discourses that  have defined and transformed Indonesia⁰́₉s nation-state  throughout history. In this view, it is argued that the  nature and dynamics of Islamism are not driven primarily by  different interpretations of religious doctrines, cultural  norms or by the imperative of institutions. Rather, the  struggles of different Islamist projects in their quest for  hegemony are contingent on the outcomes of socio-political  changes and contestations that involve multiple political  forces, both within and beyond the Islamists, in specific  historical conjunctures. Luqman Nul Hakim is a lecturer at  the Department of International Relations and a director at  the Institute of International Studies (IIS), Universitas  Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1454903},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9661-0},
}