Citizens of Empire
Some Comparative Observations on the Evolution of Creole Nationalism in Colonial Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2108291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulbe Bosma (0000-0003-1423-373X, International Institute of Social History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 656-681 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417504000313 |
| OpenAlex | W2113862292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
An imaginary Berlin Wall stands between nationalist trajectories of the Western hemisphere and those of the East. While the nationalism of the West is generally associated with Enlightenment, the Eastern version is usually referred to as dormant cultural or linguistic nationalism stirred up by Western education. It is an old academic canon that gained new respectability through Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities. But even if political realities in the postcolonial world apparently vindicated this academic canon, the same realities might trap us into writing history retrospectively. A pertinent case in point is the narrative of the emergence of the Indonesian nation in which the notion of a slumbering national identity has been central. A concomitant of that is the almost complete isolation of Indonesian historiography from important discussions in other postcolonial societies. This article proposes a heterodox perspective on the emergence of Indonesian nationalism, which is informed by literature on Senegal and Bengal. This choice is not coincidental, as these locations were the heartlands of the former French and English colonial empires
Ancient history · Colonialism · Empire · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Historiography · National identity · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |