To understand the politics of “Bersiap”, we must refrain from the dichotomous framing of Netherlands/Indonesia as us/them that has plagued years of public debate on the two countries’ colonial past.
- Professor emeritus, Monash University
Untuk memahami duduk persoalan dengan jernih, kita perlu bebas dari perangkap dikotomi Belanda/Indonesia yang berpuluh tahun menjerat diskusi publik tentang kolonialisme Hindia Belanda.
Hiper-nasionalisme yang kini merebak merupakan pengkhianatan terhadap gagasan kebangsaan modern dan kosmopolitan yang dulu mengilhami tumbuhnya gerakan nasionalis Indonesia seabad lalu.
The prevailing hyper-nationalism in Indonesia today betrays the modernist idea of nationhood which inspired the nationalist movement in the archipelago a century ago.
Di abad baru ini, internasionalisasi perguruan tinggi layak dipertimbangkan
Jawabnya: bila sudah ada alat lain yang bisa dimanfaatkan para politikus untuk ambisi politiknya.
The 2014 Indonesian presidential election has been remarkable. Not only in comparison to the country’s long history of dictatorship that crumbled less than two decades ago, but also to democratic processes…
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