{"title":"An ontological struggle: Islamic political theology and the criminalization of same‐sex sexuality in Indonesia","authors":"Febi R. Ramadhan","doi":"10.1111/plar.12536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12536","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper examines legal efforts to criminalize same‐sex sexualities between consenting adults by conservative Muslim movements in Indonesia, epitomized by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia's 2016 Judicial Review on the Indonesian Penal Code, continuous resistance to the Sexual Violence Law, and the current Indonesian Penal Code. Based on my ethnography of the Judicial Review's court transcript and other legal archives, I argue that the conservative Muslim movements’ legal effort to criminalize sexuality in Indonesia is an exercise of Islamic political theology revolving around a certain ontology of personhood concerning the relationships between “the human” and God, the state, and the nation. This ontology is apparent in their assertion about the intrinsic difference between sexual violence (“kekerasan seksual”) vs. sexual crime (“kejahatan seksual”). This paper aims to: (1) demonstrate that anthropological inquiries of ontologies can further develop the conceptual framework of political theology, especially in elucidating how ontological imposition of “the human” and its personhood plays a pivotal part in conservative movements’ repertoires in criminalizing sexuality; and (2) make use of Southeast Asian studies’ scholarships and cases to speak back to the broader discussion on the fissures in/of secular imaginaries and secularization processes.","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135425629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Landscapes of otherwise: Anthropological critique in want of “better” worlds","authors":"Caroline M. Parker, Deniz Yonucu","doi":"10.1111/plar.12540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12540","url":null,"abstract":"PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewEarly View COMMENTARY Landscapes of otherwise: Anthropological critique in want of “better” worlds Caroline M. Parker, Corresponding Author Caroline M. Parker [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-2494 Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK Correspondence Dr Caroline M. Parker, Lecturer in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK. Email: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorDeniz Yonucu, Deniz Yonucu The School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UKSearch for more papers by this author Caroline M. Parker, Corresponding Author Caroline M. Parker [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-2494 Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK Correspondence Dr Caroline M. Parker, Lecturer in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK. Email: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorDeniz Yonucu, Deniz Yonucu The School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 27 September 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12540Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":"2010 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135537378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to “Behind the Ballot: Democracy, Chicanery, and Electoral Technique in Modern India”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/plar.12533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12533","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46818156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial","authors":"Sindiso MnisiWeeks, G. Ramsay","doi":"10.1111/plar.12532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12532","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49117286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policing in Cryptoracial Societies: The Case of Mexico","authors":"Abigail Nieves Delgado","doi":"10.1111/plar.12512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12512","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48990125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern OilAndreaWright (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2021)","authors":"N. Vora","doi":"10.1111/plar.12525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12525","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42122292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The craft of translation: documentary practices within immigration advocacy in the United States","authors":"S. Coutin, Véronique Fortin","doi":"10.1111/plar.12531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12531","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43568143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rats claiming rights? More‐than‐human acts of denizenship in Amsterdam","authors":"Herre de Bondt, Mandy de Wilde, R. Jaffe","doi":"10.1111/plar.12530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12530","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41904939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shari'a, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal PoliticsMark FathiMassoud (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021)","authors":"Abukar Mursal","doi":"10.1111/plar.12522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12522","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56256,"journal":{"name":"Polar-Political and Legal Anthropology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42141938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}