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In northern Sumatra, as in Malaya, colonial rule embraced an extravagant array of sultans, rajas, datuks and uleebalangs. In Malaya the traditional Malay elite served as a barrier to evolutionary change and survived the transition to independence, but in Sumatra a wave of violence and killing wiped out the traditional elite in 1945-46. Anthony Reid's The Blood of the People, now available in a new edition, explores the circumstances of Sumatra's sharp break with the past during what has been labelled its "social revolution." The events in northern Sumatra were among the most dramatic episodes of Indonesia's national revolution, and brought about more profound changes even than in Java, from ...
In 1998, Indonesia exploded with both euphoria and violence after the fall of its longtime authoritarian ruler, Soeharto, and his New Order regime. Hope centered on establishing the rule of law, securing civilian control over the military, and ending corruption. Indonesia under Soeharto was a fundamentally insecure state. Shadowy organizations, masterminds, provocateurs, puppet masters, and other mysterious figures recalled the regime's inaugural massive anticommunist violence in 1965 and threatened to recreate those traumas in the present. Threats metamorphosed into deadly violence in a seemingly endless spiral. In Aceh province, the cycle spun out of control, and an imagined enemy came to ...
Endonezya’da Özerklik ana başlığı altında Açe üzerinde çalışma yaptığımız şu günlerde Leyden Üniversitesi sanal ortamında http://www.acehbooks.org/ adresinde sadece Açe üzerinde 1.200 müstakil kitabın kaydının korumalı biçimde serbest indirime açık olduğunu söylersek ülkemizdeki Açe incelemelerinin ne kadar cılız olduğunu ve ne kadar duygusal yaklaşmakta olduğumuzu görürüz. Bir Açe sevdası karşılıklı vardır, ama Açe lisanı üzerinde doktora yapmış kaç kişi vardır? Bunlarınkisi karasevdadır. Arabesktir. Mâlî hülyâdır. Melankolidir. Hastadır. Bozuk bir hissi durumun süregelen ve süregiden ince hastalığıdır. Ülkece ve mille...
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