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Politics of Taxonomy in Postcolonial Indonesia: Ethnic Traditions between Religionisation and Secularisation
Politik der Taxonomie im postkolonialen Indonesien: Ethnische Traditionen zwischen Religionisierung und Säkularisierung
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Abstract The article discusses the politics of taxonomy that drive the entangled dynamics of religionisation and secularisation of ethnic traditions in postcolonial Indonesia, and the associated sociopolitical context. Defined in accordance with both emic notions of agamasasi (religionisation) and the concep... mehr
The article discusses the politics of taxonomy that drive the entangled dynamics of religionisation and secularisation of ethnic traditions in postcolonial Indonesia, and the associated sociopolitical context. Defined in accordance with both emic notions of agamasasi (religionisation) and the concept of religion-making originally advanced by Arvind-Pal S. Mandair and Markus Dressler in 2011, “religionisation” relates to three interrelated processes that have had distinct ramifications in the different periods of postcolonial Indonesian history: (1) the way in which the Indonesian state has reified and institutionalised ‘religion’ as a monotheistic, revealed, and scriptural world religion; (2) the state-sanctioned positioning of ‘religion’ as distinct from local forms of spiritual belief, resulting in the desacralisation and secularisation of the latter; and (3) the way in which adherents of ethnic spiritualities have reframed and transformed their respective traditions in order to reflect the state-defined notion of ‘religion,’ and, in doing so, also accepted and strengthened the state discourse of development and modernity. The article also supports Nils Bubandt’s observation that the boundaries between the secular and the spiritual have always remained porous in Indonesian society as even so-called secular Indonesian politicians have tended to fall back on locally flavoured mystical or magical beliefs and practices in order to secure their political power.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Spiritualität; historische Entwicklung; politische Macht; Säkularisierung; Indonesien; postkoloniale Gesellschaft; traditionelle Kultur; Religiosität; Islamisierung; Rechtsverordnung; Religion
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Religionssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Religionisation; ethnic religions
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 264-289
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 3
Heftthema
Islamicate Secularities in Past and Present
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)