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Schools and Politics: The Kaum Muda Movement in West Sumatra (1927-1933)

Schools and Politics: The Kaum Muda Movement in West Sumatra (1927-1933)

Paperback

General Asian HistoryGeneral Asia

ISBN10: 6028397504
ISBN13: 9786028397506
Publisher: Equinox Pub
Published: Oct 14 2009
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The driving force of Minangkabau history arises from the struggle to build a balanced social order on a convergence of seemingly contradictory social and cultural aspects. From the time when Islam was conceived as a pillar of the Minangkabau world, the history of Minangkabau has been dominated by an effort to attain an acceptable equilibrium between the doctrine of a universal religion and the wisdom and ideals of the pre-existing pillar, the indigenous element or adat. The idea that Islam is an inseparable part of Minangkabau has generated constant internal struggle. A traditional notion that ideas which came from the outside world (the rantau) might endanger the foundation of Minangkabau or stimulate disturbing potentialities already inherent in it resulted in ambivalence toward Western-oriented modernization.

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