Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below the Winds

by Michael Laffan

Book Overview

Drawing on previously unavailable archival material, this book argues that Indonesian nationalism rested on Islamic ecumenism heightened by colonial rule and the pilgrimage. The award winning author Laffan contrasts the latter experience with life in Cairo, where some Southeast Asians were drawn to both reformism and nationalism. After demonstrating the close linkage between Cairene ideology and Indonesian nationalism, Laffan shows how developments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415444357
• ISBN13: 9780415444354
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"