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The Javanese Culture and Indonesian Civilian – Military Relations in the Era of Soeharto
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ABSTRACT: This article, by using the historical method and qualitative approaches, tries to comprehending the political culture of Indonesia and it is complicated indeed caused of the comprehensiveness of understanding the political culture of variety of ethnics in Indonesia. Pertaining to qualitative approaches, it refers to a variety of different data collection methods that include field research and field observations to the center of the Javanese culture. The findings show that Indonesia has some of the dominant cultures which coloring the political culture, one of them is Javanese culture. To understand the culture of Java, we could simply observe through the division of social classes conducted by Clifford Geertz (2014), namely: “Santri” (Indonesian Muslim), “Abangan” (Ordinary People), and “Priyai” (Javanese Noblemen). In the early of the independence era (1945), the political color of social stratification was most obvious, especially in politics and the military in Indonesia. The Javanese culture in the President Soeharto’s era (1966-1998) was very influenced to the political behavior of civilian and military leaders. President Soeharto was positioned as the main character as the story of the king of Java, where the palace servants and soldiers are all subject to and respect, and no one can deny. Soeharto managed to build a single army loyalty to the President. When compared with the President Soekarno’s era (1945-1966), despite a less harmonious relationship with TNI (Indonesian Military) officers, President Soekarno was still appreciated as a father for the Indonesian military officers.
KEY WORDS: Javanese Culture; Civil-Military Relations; President Soekarno and Soeharto of Indonesia; Military Politics.
About the Author: Dr. Abdul Haris Fatgehipon is a Lecturer at the Department of Social Studies Education FIS UNJ (Faculty of Social Science, State University of Jakarta), K Building, UNJ Campus, Jalan Rawamangun, Jakarta, Indonesia. For academic interests, the author is able to be contacted via e-mail at: harisfatgehipon@gmail.com
Suggested Citation: Fatgehipon, Abdul Haris. (2018). “The Javanese Culture and Indonesian Civilian – Military Relations in the Era of Soeharto” in TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies, Volume 9(2), April, pp.177-184. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI, ISSN 2085-0980.
Article Timeline: Accepted (February 28, 2018); Revised (March 24, 2018); and Published (April 30, 2018).
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