The Many Faces of Indonesia: Knowledge Production and Power Relations
Conceptualizations of modern Indonesia were active agents in shaping the way we saw the present Indonesia and its problems. This study is concerned with some major conceptions of modern Indonesia, namely, the primordial sentiments thesis, the transitional stage thesis, the historical structural th...
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| Format: | Article PeerReviewed |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
2013
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| Online Access: | https://repository.ugm.ac.id/37653/1/The_Many_Faces_of_Indonesia-_Knowledge_Production_and_Power_Relations-libre.pdf https://repository.ugm.ac.id/37653/ http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass |
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| Institution: | Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Conceptualizations of modern Indonesia were active agents in shaping the way we saw the present Indonesia and its problems. This study is concerned with some major conceptions of modern Indonesia, namely, the primordial
sentiments thesis, the transitional stage thesis, the historical structural thesis, and the cultural imperialism thesis. Our specific interest was on comparing the way they treated the Indonesian state and society. It is our argument
that involvement of scientific knowledge in the formation of modern Indonesia had been a complex process: scientific knowledge intertwined with common sense in power relations. This had meant Indonesian societies and identities could never be considered to have been monolithic.
Keywords: knowledge, power, modernization, developmentalism, postcolonial, Indonesia |
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