| ID | 190425 |
| Title Proper | Precarity and Islamism in Indonesia |
| Other Title Information | the contradictions of neoliberalism |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hadiz, Vedi R ; Yasih, Diatyka Widya Permata |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article investigates the link between growing precarity – associated with the process of neoliberal economic globalization – and growing Islamist tendencies in Indonesian society, through a case study of app-enabled transport workers. It applies a Gramscian notion of common sense to understand workers’ responses to their experiences of socio-economic marginalization and the articulation of their grievances. The combination of the near hegemony of a neoliberal worldview that encourages individual entrepreneurial prowess and an Islamist focus on moral self-cultivation inadvertently contributes to workers’ normalization of their precarity, furthering the atomization of the workforce. It also helps provide the setting for mobilizations of the urban precariat under Islamic banners, without challenging the imposition of neoliberal ideology on work and life. |
| `In' analytical Note | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 55, No.1; Mar 2023: p.83-104 |
| Journal Source | Critical Asian Studies 2023-03 55, 1 |
| Key Words | Hegemony ; Precarity ; Common Sense ; Islamic Populism |