Ternyata kekhawatiran tentang ekonomi yang "menjajah" bangsa sudah diperkirakan Tan Malaka, sehingga buku ini tercipta. Pada masa buku ini dibuat, Indoneisa dalam keadaan membangun bangsa. Perbaikan, pembangunan dalam berbagai sektor, terutama segi ekonomi dan politik, diganyangkan ke seluruh Indonesia. Namun, agresi militer Belanda menghambat semua itu dengan tujuan merebut kembali Indonesia s…
Dalam buku “Aku Eks Tapol” memang dikisahkan pengalaman masa kecil Hersri dan kegiatannya di Lekra (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat). Organisasi ini didirikan 17-8-1950 untuk mengimbangi Sticusa yang dibentuk oleh pemerintah Indonesia-Belanda seusai KMB (Konferensi Meja Bundar). Lekra melakukan kegiatan turba (turun ke bawah), artinya penggiat kesenian itu turun ke desa untuk melakukan “sama ke…
Indonesian poetry, like the country and also the language, is basically a product of this century. Only in the twentieth century have the people of this vast archipelago begun to achieve a unified cultural identity and national spirit; only since 1928 has the possibility, and by now the reality, of a common language been realized; and only since World War II have Indonesians achieved nationhood…
The Manggarai people of eastern Indonesia believe their land can talk, that its appetite demands sacrificial ritual, and that its energy can kill as well as nurture. They tell their children to avoid certain streams and fields and view unusual environmental events as omens of misfortune. Yet, far from being preoccupied with the dangers of this animate landscape, Manggarai people strive to make …
Intended for the general student of the Indonesian language and the professional linguist, this short descriptive grammar is a useful guide as a well as a point of departure for more intensive study.
After the fall of Suharto’s New Order, the unity of Indonesia can no longer be taken for granted. Emergent regionalism has been challenging the unity and stability of the state, and has led to central-government approval of a regional-autonomy plan to respond to regional demands. The plan is expected to devolve political power beyond Java some time in 2001. Beyond Java, which contains chapte…