The history of the Indonesian Revolution has been dominated by depictions of grassroots fighters and elite politicians who thought of it as a nationalistic or class-based war. In this major new study, Kevin W. Fogg rethinks the Indonesian Revolution (1945–49) as an Islamic struggle, in which pious Muslims, who made up almost half the population, fought and organized in religious ways. Muslims fighting on the ground were convinced by their leaders' proclamations that they were fighting for a holy cause. In the political sphere, however, national leaders failed to write Islam into Indonesia's founding documents - but did create revolutionary precedents that continue to impact the country to this day. This study of a war of decolonization in the world's most populous Muslim country points to the ways in which Islam has functioned as a revolutionary ideology in the modern era.
Indonesia’s Islamic Revolution - Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Indonesian Names
Map
Introduction
1 - Islam in Indonesia before the Revolution
Part I - Islam in Indonesia’s War of Independence
2 - Islamic Calls to Action
3 - Ulama, Islamic Organizations, and Islamic Militias
4 - Magic, Amulets, and Trances
5 - Social Revolution
6 - Darul Islam
Part II - Islam in Indonesia’s Political Revolution
7 - The Jakarta Charter Controversy
8 - The Creation of Masjumi
9 - The Ministry of Religion
10 - Rise of Islamic Socialists
11 - Regional Islamic Parties
12 - The Exit of PSII and the First Fracture of Masjumi
13 - Islamic Diplomacy
Conclusion
Appendix: - Oral History Sources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Kevin Fogg is a historian who's research centres on the place of Islam in Southeast Asia in the 20th century, especially in Indonesia. He is fascinated by how the newly-independent state treated Islam and how Muslims organized themselves to support their own religious life. Dr Fogg is a research associate of the Oxford Centre for Global History.
See his page on Brasenose College website
NOVEMBER 2019 | 260 PAGES | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
ISBN: 978-1-1087-6821-4
