Of Social Imaginary and Violence: Responding to Islamist Militancy in Indonesia Paul J. Carnegie Universiti Brunei Darussalam Working Paper No.22 Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Gadong 2016 1 Editorial Board, Working Paper Series Dr. Paul J. Carnegie, Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Professor Lian Kwen Fee, Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Author(s) Dr. Paul J. Carnegie is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He has active research interests in the fields of post-authoritarian politics, human security and localised responses to militant extremism with a particular focus on Indonesia alongside Southeast Asia and the MENA region more generally. Dr. Carnegie is the author of ‘The Road from Authoritarianism to Democratization in Indonesia’ (Palgrave Macmillan). His research also appears in leading international journals including Pacific Affairs, the Middle East Quarterly, the Journal of Terrorism Research and the Australian Journal of International Affairs. He has taught previously in Australia, Egypt and the UAE. Contact:
[email protected] The Views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute of Asian Studies or the Universiti Brunei Darussalam. © Copyright is held by the author(s) of each working paper; no part of this publication may be republished, reprinted or reproduced in any form without permission of the paper’s author(s). 2 Of Social Imaginary and Violence: Responding to Islamist Militancy in Indonesia Paul J. Carnegie Abstract In the early 2000s, Indonesia witnessed a proliferation of Islamist paramilitary groups and terror activity in the wake of Suharto’s downfall.