| This postdoc project analyzes how the so-called Islamic revival informs the construction of youth identities and shapes their political aspirations and activism in provincial Indonesian towns. The current Islamization in Indonesia has, among other things, meant an accentuation of religious symbols in public, a rise in forms of personal religiosity, the proliferation of Islamic institutions, and the spread of new life-styles. Beyond this general context, the postdoc focuses comparatively on how the Islamic revival contributes to the political aspirations and activism of youth as evidenced, for instance, in the success of the largest Islamist party in Indonesia today (the Justice and Prosperity Party, PKS) or the appeal some young people of the radical Islamist organizations whose street actions have been a constant feature of the post-New Order politics. |
