Contemporary Islamic Movement, Popular Culture and Public Sphere in Indonesia: The #IndonesiaTanpaJIL Movement
This article argues that social media and commercialized urban public space in contemporary Indonesia play an important role as a context for political Islam, enabling it to construct its methods of political mobilization and its ideological and cultural transformation. Through an examination of the...
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| Julkaisussa: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel, |
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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Archipel
2018
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | This article argues that social media and commercialized urban public space in contemporary Indonesia play an important role as a context for political Islam, enabling it to construct its methods of political mobilization and its ideological and cultural transformation. Through an examination of the case of #IndonesiaTanpaJIL, an Islamic movement that emerged through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, this study explains the socio-historical process that underlies the rise of the pious youth in contemporary urban space in Indonesia, and further highlights the cultural forms of religious articulation that have arisen through Islamic revivalist ideals and secular popular culture materiality. |
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