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CITIZENSHIP Session II National Identity. Aditya Batara G, M.Litt. What are we going to learn in this session?. What is identity and national identity? What is INDONESIA as an identity? The historical overview of nationalism in Indonesia
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CITIZENSHIPSession IINational Identity Aditya Batara G, M.Litt
What are we going to learn in this session? • What is identity and national identity? • What is INDONESIA as an identity? • The historical overview of nationalism in Indonesia • The revitalization of nationalism in contemporary Indonesia.
Identity Who are you?
Identity • Socially, identity refers to your social role in the society based on the socialization process experienced by different individuals. • Culturally, identity refers to your cultural attribute. In this case, which cultural groups is being attributed to yourself. • Politically, identity refers to the political source of your social role in the society.
National Identity • Benedict Anderson (1991) nation is an imagined political community means that people who define themselves as members of a nation. • National identity refers to someone’s membership to a nation • National identity is socially, culturally and politically form of identity • National identity provides specific elements that makes it differs one anothers.
Nationalism Definition • Lothrop Storddard Nationalism is a belief, head by a fairly large number of individual that they constitute a nationality; it is a sense of belonging together as a nation. • Ernest Gellner (1983) Nationalism is primarily a political principle which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent. • ArifBudiman Nasionalismeadalahpersatuansecarakelompokdarisuatubangsa yang mempunyaisejarah yang sama, bahasa yang samadanpengalaman yang sama.
Nationalism in IndonesiaA Historical Overview • The establishment of Budi Utomo movement as the first modern Indonesian anti-colonialism organization • The basic idea of BU is to create a more organized movement against the colonialists • The primary symbol of Indonesia’s nationalism is the Independence Proclamation in August 17, 1945.
Current state of nationalism in Indonesia • Horizontal conflict between kampung, religious groups, political groups • Corruption • The natural resources exploitation by other countries
What will you do to revitalize the sense of nationalism in Indonesia?