Official History in Modern Indonesia

New Order Perceptions and Counterviews
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-28797-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Dealing with New Order perceptions of the past this study gives insights into how the past can be used for purposes of national-building and regime legitimization and into the nature of the New Order. The Suharto regime created a coherent history that is reflected in recent archaeological and historical research, in popular histories and biographies, in monuments and in school textbooks.
The author describes an official history stretching from the proto-Indonesia of Majapahit, through the Indonesian Revolution up to the birth of the New Order in 1965. This past emphasized political stability and national unity under the guidance of the military; socially disruptive ideas were to be avoided. He also gives a counterview to this history stressing Indonesia’s place in the larger Islamic world.

Zielgruppe

This book will interest those studying the politics, history and culture of Indonesia/ Southeast Asia and the Islamic world, as well as those studying the political implications of archaeological research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography and Sources
Preface
Chapter One: Using the Past
Chapter Two: Heroes and Golden Ages—The Hindu-Buddhist, Islamic and Colonial Past
Chapter Three: Revolutions and Coups—The New Order and Modern Indonesian History
Chapter Four: Histories in Waiting—Counterviews to the New Order’s Version of the Past
Chapter Five: Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Wood, Ph.D. (2004) in Islamic Studies, McGill University, is a faculty member of the Department of Humanities, Dawson College, Montreal. He has previously published articles on perceptions of the past in modern Egypt and Indonesia. He also has an academic background in the archaeology of the ancient Near East and has taken part in several excavations in the region. His current research focus is on the politics and recent history of Indonesia.