Language and power : exploring political cultures in Indonesia /

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In this lively book, Benedict R. O'G Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history-that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian state is ancient, originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquest...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (Benedict Richard O'Gorman), 1936-2015
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1990.
Series:Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture.
Subjects:
Political culture > Indonesia > History.
Intellectuals > Indonesia > Attitudes > History.
Culture politique > Indonésie > Histoire.
Intellectuels > Indonésie > Attitudes > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Intellectuals > Attitudes.
Language and languages > Political aspects.
Political culture.
Politics and government
Politische Kultur
Sprache
Politieke cultuur.
Taalgebruik.
Indonesia > Politics and government.
Indonesia > Languages > Political aspects.
Indonésie > Politique et gouvernement.
Indonésie > Langues > Aspect politique.
Indonesia.
Indonesien
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Power
  • I. The Idea of Power in Javanese Culture
  • 2. Further Adventures of Charisma
  • 3. Old State, New Society: Indonesia's New Order in Comparative Historical Perspective
  • Part II. Language
  • 4. The Languages of Indonesian Politics
  • 5. Cartoons and Monuments: The Evolution of Political Communication under the New Order
  • 6. Sembah-Sumpah: The Politics of Language and Javanese Culture
  • Part III. Consciousness
  • 7. A Time of Darkness and a Time of Light: Transposition in Early Indonesian Nationalist Thought
  • 8. Professional Dreams: Reflections on Two Javanese Classics
  • Index

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