Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICSPS 2017)

Session: Chapter V Identity, nationalism, and democracy

13 articles
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The Sleeping Giant: The Awakening of Religious Identity

Sugit S Arjon
The fall of Suharto's New Order should be considered as the starting point of the sublime journey of the political identity which often implicates religions and ethnicity under the democracy practices. Religious identity is a sleeping giant, which has awakened in the past and which will awake in the...
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Consumption and Nationalism of Indonesia: Between Culture and Economy

Pradipto Bhagaskoro, Rommel Utungga Pasopati, Mr Syarifuddin
By consuming domestic products, nationalism reflects in opportunities for locals to compete with globals. This logic may suit to economic perspective, but not to socio-cultural view. The problem is attaching nationalism to consumption. People are persuaded to consume domestic goods more often, only to...
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Ethical Values in Indonesian Character Building

Indri Djanarko, Rommel Utungga Pasopati
Today, character building is one way to form a good human personality according to moral values. Education is formed within framework of formal education curriculum at school. The Ministry of Education established eighteen values of character based on individual and social values both theoretically and...
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The Impact of the Declining Pancasila Democracy in the Post- Indonesia Reformation

Muhyar Fanani
The practice of democracy in the post-reformation Indonesia tends to be liberal. Since amendment of the 1945 Constitution in 1999-2002, politics was becoming very open. However, some experts said that Indonesian democracy after reformation was not Pancasila democracy anymore. The objective of this study...
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Talking about Islam and Democracy in Indonesia's Public Schools

Sawyer Martin French
Is Islam compatible with democracy? The answer to this question hinges immediately on the degree to which Muslims themselves actually embrace the concept. This study evaluates how democratic ideas are both legitimated and qualified in Islamic education classes in Indonesian public high schools. These...
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Civil or Un-Civil Society? Islamist Identity, Democracy and Civil Society in Contemporary Surakarta

Mr Abzar, D, Muzayyin Ahyar
This article attempts to analyze the development of an ideology of Islamism that rejects the political system of democracy through the reasoning of civil society. As a study of civil society and democracy, this article has significance in understanding the complexities of democratic practice in the scope...
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NKRI and The Phenomenon of Religious Radicalism

Rusydi Sulaiman
Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia termed as NKRI is the ideal form of the Indonesian nation which actually has become a consensus among religious and social groups to maintain the integrity of the nation in various aspects of life. This country then meets various challenges, including the emergence...
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Local Discourse of Muslim Women's Leadership and Citizenship: A Case Study of Female Posyandu in Tasikmalaya

Mr Kusmana
Woman's citizenship has been neglected, considered as second-class citizen due to the social forces that includes the perceived kodrat perempuan (constructed woman's nature) norm that restrict her social engagement. The previous studies inform that the norm is generally seen as mainly restricting factor....
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Shi'i Identity and Nationalism in Indonesia's ReformasiShi'i Identity and Nationalism in Indonesia's Reformasi

Mr Z. Zulkifli
Indonesia is home to the largest Muslim population in the world in which the Shi'i minority exists amidst the overwhelming Sunni majority. Indonesia's reformasi has paved a way for the rise of identity politics and, with regard to Sunni-Shi'i relation, the upsurge of anti-Shi'i activism. Among anti-Shi'i...
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The Construction Of Identity In The Post-Secular States: The Case Of Turkey And Indonesia

Eva Mushoffa
Literature on post secularism in global politics has pointed to the underlying problem of identity construction experienced by Muslim majority states with regards to Islamic element. In this context, Turkey and Indonesia provided evidence that Islamic element can hardly be excluded as the basic character...
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The Future of Pancasila as a Philosophy, a View of Life, and an Ideology of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia

Robi Sugara
Pancasila is believed to have an important history in establishing Indonesia as a nation. It is also believed to have successfully unitedethnics, languages, and religions in Indonesia. Although there are different ways in implementing Pancasila from Soekarno era to Joko Widodo era, they agree that Pancasila...
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Islam and Politics (Hurly-Burly of Religious Issues in the 2017 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election)

Mr Hamdani
The rivalry among contesting political forces during the 2017 Gubernatorial Election has shown how religious issues have been used by certain agents to support and against their competitor. The Christian-Chinese governor, Basuki Tjahaya Purnama, who ran for the election was challenged by two Muslim candidates:...
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In Pursuit of Promoting Moderate Indonesian Islam to the world: Understanding the diversity of Islamic practices in Bima, Sumbawa Island

Muhammad Adlin Sila
This paper suggests an ethnographic account of the different Islamic practices among Muslims in Bima, Sumbawa island. This paper calls for the need to understand that Islam in Indonesia is diverse. Anthropological works on Javanese Islam have shaped the national and international understandings of Islam...