Official History in Modern Indonesia New Order Perceptions and Counterviews

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.

About the author

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