Book contents
- Indonesia’s Islamic Revolution
- Indonesia’s Islamic Revolution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Indonesian Names
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 Islam in Indonesia before the Revolution
- Part I Islam in Indonesia’s War of Independence
- Part II Islam in Indonesia’s Political Revolution
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Oral History Sources
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2019
- Indonesia’s Islamic Revolution
- Indonesia’s Islamic Revolution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Indonesian Names
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 Islam in Indonesia before the Revolution
- Part I Islam in Indonesia’s War of Independence
- Part II Islam in Indonesia’s Political Revolution
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Oral History Sources
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Harsono Tjokroaminoto, heir to the leading family in Islamic politics and a major national player himself, reflected in an interview 35 years after the revolution about what independence meant for Indonesia. He warned young Indonesians, who had not lived through the revolution, “not to ascribe any meaning to our independence other than the original hope, from the time when the nation … fought for our independence.” He feared that a new generation could come along and turn the country in a direction “that was different from or even opposed to the nation and country as imagined by our Founding Fathers in the past.”1
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- Indonesia's Islamic Revolution , pp. 220 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019