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Abdurrahman Wahid , Muslim democrat, Indonesian president : a view from the inside / Greg Barton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney : United States : UNSW Press ; University of Hawaii Press, 2002Description: 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0868404055
  • 9780868404059
  • 0824826213
  • 9780824826215
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.2309598
LOC classification:
  • DS644.1.W33 B36 2002
Contents:
Pt. 1. Pesantren and Family -- 1. Growing up in pesantren and politics, 1940-1963 -- 2. Islam in Indonesia: modernists and traditionalists -- Pt. 2. The Making of an Intellectual -- 3. Cairo, Baghdad and Europe, 1963-1971 -- 4. The pesantren and reform, 1971-1982 -- Pt. 3. Islam and Modernity -- 5. Abdurrahman and liberal Islam -- 6. On the brink of change, 1982-1984 -- Pt. 4. Civil Society and Islam -- 7. Reform and controversy, 1984-1990 -- 8. Pushing the limits, 1990-1994 -- Pt. 5. Politics, Reform and the Presidency -- 9. Contending with Soeharto, 1994-1998 -- 10. Islam, politics and elections, 1998-1999 -- 11. A brief honeymoon, 1999-2000 -- 12. Regime change and the fight for survival, 1999-2001.
Review: "In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's first democratically elected president, Abdurrahman Wahid, was forced from office in July 2001 after less than two years in the job. Wahid, almost blind and still recovering from a near-fatal stroke, was widely misunderstood in the West, even being seen as a somewhat comical figure." "But in Indonesia the Muslim scholar affectionately known as Gus Dur to millions of people had long been revered by many of his countrymen and highly respected by the country's elites. His life had been one of great public service to his fellow citizens, his religion and his belief in liberal democracy." "In this authorised biography, much of it based on unique first-hand observation, Greg Barton introduces us to both the man and his world and attempts to make sense of his controversial public career and presidency. Barton has known Wahid since 1988, when he started researching the influence of Islamic liberalism in Indonesia, and has subsequently spent many months with his subject, including seven months during Wahid's 21-month presidency, both in Indonesia and travelling with him abroad."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-403) and index.

Pt. 1. Pesantren and Family -- 1. Growing up in pesantren and politics, 1940-1963 -- 2. Islam in Indonesia: modernists and traditionalists -- Pt. 2. The Making of an Intellectual -- 3. Cairo, Baghdad and Europe, 1963-1971 -- 4. The pesantren and reform, 1971-1982 -- Pt. 3. Islam and Modernity -- 5. Abdurrahman and liberal Islam -- 6. On the brink of change, 1982-1984 -- Pt. 4. Civil Society and Islam -- 7. Reform and controversy, 1984-1990 -- 8. Pushing the limits, 1990-1994 -- Pt. 5. Politics, Reform and the Presidency -- 9. Contending with Soeharto, 1994-1998 -- 10. Islam, politics and elections, 1998-1999 -- 11. A brief honeymoon, 1999-2000 -- 12. Regime change and the fight for survival, 1999-2001.

"In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's first democratically elected president, Abdurrahman Wahid, was forced from office in July 2001 after less than two years in the job. Wahid, almost blind and still recovering from a near-fatal stroke, was widely misunderstood in the West, even being seen as a somewhat comical figure." "But in Indonesia the Muslim scholar affectionately known as Gus Dur to millions of people had long been revered by many of his countrymen and highly respected by the country's elites. His life had been one of great public service to his fellow citizens, his religion and his belief in liberal democracy." "In this authorised biography, much of it based on unique first-hand observation, Greg Barton introduces us to both the man and his world and attempts to make sense of his controversial public career and presidency. Barton has known Wahid since 1988, when he started researching the influence of Islamic liberalism in Indonesia, and has subsequently spent many months with his subject, including seven months during Wahid's 21-month presidency, both in Indonesia and travelling with him abroad."--BOOK JACKET.

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