Islamic nationhood and colonial Indonesia : the umma below the winds /

Laffan, Michael Francis, 1969-

Islamic nationhood and colonial Indonesia : the umma below the winds / Michael Francis Laffan. - London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. - 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) : illustrations - SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East . - SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index.

1. An ecumene in 'The lands below the winds' -- 2. Arab priests and pliant pilgrims -- 3. The Hijazi experience and direct colonial visions of the heart of the ecumene -- 4. Colonizing Islam and the Western-oriented project of Indies nationhood -- 5. Reorientation among the Jawa of Mecca -- 6. The Jawa and Cairo -- 7. Islamic voices from Singapore, Java, and Sumatra -- 8. Towards an indigenous and Islamic Indonesia -- 9. Indonesia visualized as a fractured umma below the winds -- 10. From the Meccan discourse of a Jawi ecumene to the Cairene discourse of an Indonesian homeland.

This book argues that Indonesian nationalism rested on Islamic ecumenism heightened by colonial rule and the pilgrimage.


English.

0203222571 (electronic bk.) 9780203222577 (electronic bk.) 9781134430819 (electronic bk.) 1134430817 (electronic bk.) 9780415297578 0415297575 9786610402786 6610402787 (Cloth) 9780415444354 0415444357 1280402784 9781280402784

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1798-1942


Nationalism--History.--Indonesia
Islam and politics--History.--Indonesia
Ummah (Islam)--History.--Indonesia
Southeast Asians--History.--Saudi Arabia--Hejaz
Southeast Asians--History.--Egypt--Cairo
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Nationalism.
Islam and politics.
Nationalism.
Politics and government
Southeast Asians.
Ummah (Islam)
Nationalisme--Histoire.--Indonésie
Ummah (Islam)--Histoire.--Indonésie
Asiatiques du Sud-Est--Histoire.--Arabie saoudite--Hedjaz
Asiatiques du Sud-Est--Histoire.--Égypte--Le Caire


Indonesia--Politics and government--1798-1942.
Egypt--Cairo.
Indonesia.
Saudi Arabia--Hejaz.
Indonésie--Politique et gouvernement--1798-1942.


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Electronic books.
History.

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