The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta
This paper employs a biographical approach to explore the politics of region and identity in North Sulawesi—more specifically, Minahasa—during the middle decades of the twentieth century. A brief examination of the lives of three key political actors of this period, G.S.S.J. Ratulangie, A.E. Kawilar...
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Université de Provence
2007-12-01
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| description | This paper employs a biographical approach to explore the politics of region and identity in North Sulawesi—more specifically, Minahasa—during the middle decades of the twentieth century. A brief examination of the lives of three key political actors of this period, G.S.S.J. Ratulangie, A.E. Kawilarang, and A.Z.R. Wenas, serves to illuminate characteristic continuities in Minahasan political life from the late colonial times through the apparently radical changes of the Japanese occupation, the decolonization process, and the Permesta rebellion. It also reveals persisting continuities between Minahasa in the mid-twentieth century and Minahasa today. One such continuity lies in the steady aspiration among Minahasans for regional autonomy within an Indonesian national state. Another constant factor is a particular kind of political conservatism, based on pragmatism and morality, rather than custom and prejudice, which both informs and restrains the pursuit of regional interests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d17f49f13164073a8f7478437a776022022-12-21T23:53:44ZengUniversité de ProvenceMoussons1620-32242262-83632007-12-01118910510.4000/moussons.1827The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to PermestaDavid HenleyThis paper employs a biographical approach to explore the politics of region and identity in North Sulawesi—more specifically, Minahasa—during the middle decades of the twentieth century. A brief examination of the lives of three key political actors of this period, G.S.S.J. Ratulangie, A.E. Kawilarang, and A.Z.R. Wenas, serves to illuminate characteristic continuities in Minahasan political life from the late colonial times through the apparently radical changes of the Japanese occupation, the decolonization process, and the Permesta rebellion. It also reveals persisting continuities between Minahasa in the mid-twentieth century and Minahasa today. One such continuity lies in the steady aspiration among Minahasans for regional autonomy within an Indonesian national state. Another constant factor is a particular kind of political conservatism, based on pragmatism and morality, rather than custom and prejudice, which both informs and restrains the pursuit of regional interests.http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/1827Minahasahistoryregionalismregional autonomypolitical biography |
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| title | The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta |
| title_full | The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta |
| title_fullStr | The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta |
| title_short | The Fate of Federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta |
| title_sort | fate of federalism north sulawesi from persatuan minahasa to permesta |
| topic | Minahasa history regionalism regional autonomy political biography |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/1827 |
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