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Date de parution

15 juin 2011

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9780801462313

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

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In Europe and North America Muslims are often represented in conflict with modernity-but what could be more modern than motivational programs that represent Islamic practice as conducive to business success and personal growth? Daromir Rudnyckyj's innovative and surprising book challenges widespread assumptions about contemporary Islam by showing how moderate Muslims in Southeast Asia are reinterpreting Islam not to reject modernity but to create a "spiritual economy" consisting of practices conducive to globalization.Drawing on more than two years of research in Indonesia, most of which took place at state-owned Krakatau Steel, Rudnyckyj shows how self-styled "spiritual reformers" seek to enhance the Islamic piety of workers across Southeast Asia and beyond. Deploying vivid description and a keen ethnographic sensibility, Rudnyckyj depicts a program called Emotional and Spiritual Quotient (ESQ) training that reconfigures Islamic practice and history to make the religion compatible with principles for corporate success found in Euro-American management texts, self-help manuals, and life-coaching sessions. The prophet Muhammad is represented as a model for a corporate CEO and the five pillars of Islam as directives for self-discipline, personal responsibility, and achieving "win-win" solutions.Spiritual Economies reveals how capitalism and religion are converging in Indonesia and other parts of the developing and developed world. Rudnyckyj offers an alternative to the commonly held view that religious practice serves as a refuge from or means of resistance against modernization and neoliberalism. Moreover, his innovative approach charts new avenues for future research on globalization, religion, and the predicaments of modern life.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 juin 2011

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780801462313

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

Spiritual Economies

E X P E R TISE C U L T U R E S A N D T E C H N O L O G I E S O F K N O W L E D G E

edited by dominic boyer

Spiritual Economies

Islam, Globalization, and the Afterlife of Development

Daromir Rudnyckyj

Cornell University Press Ithaca and London

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.

All photographs are by the author unless otherwise noted.

First published 2010 by Cornell University Press First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 2010 Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Rudnyckyj, Daromir Spiritual economies : Islam, globalization, and the afterlife of development / Daromir Rudnyckyj. p. cm. — (Expertise: cultures and technologies of knowledge) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780801448508 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 9780801476785 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Islam—Indonesia—21st century. 2. Islamic renewal—Indonesia. 3. Islam—Economic aspects—Indonesia. 4. Krakatau Steel, PT— Employees—Training of. 5. Krakatau Steel, PT—Employees—Religious life. 6. Economic development—Religious aspects—Islam. I. Title. II. Series: Expertise: cultures and technologies of knowledge. BP63.I5R834 2010 297.09598'090511—dc22 2010022632

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Contents

Introduction: Spiritual Reform and the Afterlife of Development

Part I. Milieu

1. Faith in Development

2. Developing Faith

Part II. Intervention

3. Spiritual Economies

4. Governing through Affect

Part III. Effects

5. PostPancasilaCitizenship

6. Spiritual Politics and Calculative Reason

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131 157

189 221

v i i i C o n t e n t s

Conclusion: Life Not Calculated? References Index

253 263 281

Acknowledgments

First and foremost I acknowledge all those in Indonesia who have given their time, expertise, and friendship over the past ten years. Although the human subjects protocols under which I conducted research preclude me from thanking many individuals by name, this does not indicate a lack of appreciation. Many employees of Krakatau Steel, inhabitants of Banten and Jakarta, and participants in Emotional and Spiritual Quotient (ESQ) training shared a great deal, and to them I extend my most sincere grati tude. Among those I can acknowledge by name, I especially thank two successive CEOs of Krakatau Steel, Sutrisno and Danaeulhay, who facili tated my research at the company and allowed me access to its operations beyond my expectations. I also acknowledge the support of Tubagus Yayat Sukiyat, Alfauzi Salam, and Ali Kusumo for aiding my research at the company. I am also grateful for the kindness of all the employees of the ESQ Leadership Center who patiently tolerated my entreaties in person and by email. Ary Ginanjar graciously enabled me to participate in ESQ and treated me exceptionally well, as did his brother Rinaldi Agusyana. To them I extend my deepest gratitude. Pak Ary also generously gave per mission to use several images in this book. I hope that all those afﬁliated with ESQ will recognize this as a fair and accurate appraisal of their hopes

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