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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ISBN
9780801462306
Publisert
2017
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Cornell University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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