"ISLAM AS A PROBLEM": DUTCH RELIGIOUS POLITICS IN THE EAST INDIES
The article analyzes Dutch colonial policies in Indonesia in light of current debates about the (in)compatibility of Islam and modern democracy. The focus is on the work and life of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), who was simultaneously colonial advisor and the Netherlands' leading ori...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2010
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Review of religious research
Year: 2010, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 288-301 |
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| Summary: | The article analyzes Dutch colonial policies in Indonesia in light of current debates about the (in)compatibility of Islam and modern democracy. The focus is on the work and life of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), who was simultaneously colonial advisor and the Netherlands' leading orientalist, and founding father of modern Islamic studies. The article investigates his way of dealing with the politicization of Islam in the Dutch East Indies and his attempt to combine counter-insurgency measures with modern institution-building in the early twentieth century. It argues that contemporary debates about the (in)compatibility of Islam and modernity are still premised on the sociological ideas and the image of Islam as a religion that have guided both Hurgronje's scholarly work and his colonial policies. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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