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Islam and nation

separatist rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia

Edward Aspinall

Buch

englisch

Aspinall, Edward (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Studies in Asian security

Stanford University Press

Stanford, Calif.

2009

XVII, 288 p.

978-0-8047-6045-4

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and index

history
politics
nationalism
islam
indonesia

Contents: Nation, Islam, war, and peace -- Aceh, Islam, and Indonesia -- Birth of nationalism -- Rural and global networks -- The nationalist moment -- Violence, money, insurgency -- Islam to nationalism -- From war to peace -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Between 1976 and 2005 the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, or GAM) waged a protracted secessionist struggle against the Indonesian state in the name of Acehnese nationalism. In this study, Espinall (political science and social change, Australian National U., Australia) conducts an analysis of the origins and development of Acehnese nationalism. He stresses the role of agency, particularly the actions and views of the founder of GAM, Hasan di Tiro; later Acehnese nationalists who came to challenge some of his views; and political actors from Aceh's Indonesian political establishment. He also stresses three central aspects of context: the institutional context of state formation; the international context that shaped the discourse of Acehnese actors, including Acehnese experiences of exile and international law discourses of self-determination; and factors of social context such as kinship networks, ideas about masculinity, and socioeconomic structures. A further major theme is the relationship between Islam and nationalism. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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