Disrupting Spatiality and Temporality: Authority and Statecraft in Hikayat Mareskalek

Alatas, Ismail F.

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Disrupting Spatiality and Temporality: Authority and Statecraft in Hikayat Mareskalek

Authors:

Alatas, Ismail F.

Publisher:

Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics:

Religion

Journal:

Studia Islamika Vol.16 Issue 3, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2009

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001859374

pISSN:

0215-0492

Abstract:

 While this essay shares Stoler's analytical approach of literature, it does not focus on the politics of a?ect. Rather, this essay examines an early nineteenth century literary production, the Hikayat Mareskalek, in an attempt to question various assumptions in contemporary works on the Malay-Indonesian archipelago. The first is the perceived geography of culture that is divided over what is considered 'Malay' and what 'Javanese.' The second is a temporal construct where a break with the past in the form of modernity occurred as a result of the shock of the colonial encounter. This attempt is framed in the study of authority and statecraft envisioned in the Hikayat. The first part of the essay tries to locate the spatial context of the Hikayat while the second reconstructs ideas of authority and statecraft enshrined in the text.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i3.474.

Article Details

Disrupting Spatiality and Temporality: Authority and Statecraft in Hikayat Mareskalek

Authors: Alatas, Ismail F.

Publisher: Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics: Religion

Journal: Studia Islamika Vol.16 Issue 3, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2009

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001859374

pISSN: 0215-0492

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Authors:

Alatas, Ismail F.

Publisher:

Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics:

Religion

Journal:

Studia Islamika Vol.16 Issue 3, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2009

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001859374

pISSN:

0215-0492