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Official History in Modern Indonesia
New Order Perceptions and Counterviews

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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.


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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.


Product details

Authors Michael Wood
Publisher Brill
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 28.11.2014
Subject Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
 
EAN 9789004287976
ISBN 978-90-04-28797-6
Pages 234
Dimensions (packing) 15.5 x 23.1 x 1.5 cm
Weight (packing) 386 g
 
Series Social, Economic and Political > 99
Subjects Indonesien, Asiatische Geschichte, Sociology, Soziologie und Anthropologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
 

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