Spiritual Economies – Islam, Globalization, and the Afterlife of Development

Spiritual EconomiesIslam, Globalization, and the Afterlife of Development\nAuthor(s): Daromir Rudnyckyj\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801476785, 978-0801476785\nSynopsis\nIn Europe and North America Muslims are often represented in conflict with modernitybut 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.\n\n 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 w.