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Clerics in Contention: Religious Authority and the Colonial Origins of Islamist Mobilization in Indonesia - Couverture souple

Pelletier, Alexandre

 
9781501789762: Clerics in Contention: Religious Authority and the Colonial Origins of Islamist Mobilization in Indonesia
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ISBN 10 : 1501789767 ISBN 13 : 9781501789762
Editeur : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University, 2026

Synopsis

In Clerics in Contention, Alexandre Pelletier investigates why Islamist mobilization takes root in some regions of Java but not in others. Drawing on a dataset of thousands of Islamic schools and clerics, more than a hundred interviews, and archival research, he shows that West Java's religious field is uniquely fragmented and competitive. In that environment, clerics face constant pressure to compete for followers through evermore provocative mobilization. Islamist movements thus flourish where Islamic authority is fragmented and competitive.

Pelletier traces these patterns back to Dutch rule, showing how colonial land regimes and administrative structures produced enduring divergences in religious authority. Where communal land and village institutions existed, as in East Java, clerics consolidated lasting authority; where private property and extractive colonial control prevailed, as in West Java, religious authority fractured. These legacies forged enduring local political cleavages and left West Java more vulnerable to Islamist mobilization. Clerics in Contention rethinks the history of Islam in Indonesia, demonstrating that moderation and radicalism arise not from belief alone, but from the institutional world that anchors religious authority.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alexandre Pelletier is Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Roméo Dallaire Leadership Chair in Civil Conflicts and Sustainable Peace at Université Laval.

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Éditeur
Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1501789767
ISBN 13 
9781501789762
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
258
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