Comparative Analysis: Indonesian and Philippine Nationalisms Examined
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS:
Indonesian and Philippine Nationalisms Examined
Submitted by:
Mary Grace A. Pelayo
2nd Year ABIS-ASST ASS2
I. Introduction.
Southeast Asian countries are characterized above all by their diversity in terms of culture, religion and language to name a few and even their political and economic orientations may vary distinctively from each other. Certainly, being immersed in these Southeast Asian countries also implies being in contact with series of different culture that one can say that they lack a unifying cultural force comparable to that Confucian conformity in East Asia. Yet, despite the significant factor of diversity, Southeast Asia has a shared experience of colonialism and the reaction to it, which resulted in accounts of nationalism.
Independence, needless to say, brought a reorganization of traditional values; especially as the quest of nationhood was intensified and moved beyond the initial endeavor of showing the former colonial rulers that they have mastered the Western ideas and the art and style of government. But then, although it was stated in the 1950s and 1960s that nationalism was the prevailing force in the region, in reality, it was a limited, elite-based nationalism, articulated by the few who had a vision of modernizing their countries as well as leading their nation past the clutches of their colonial masters.
It is our purpose here to compare and contrast the nationalism of the two archipelagoes in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia and the Philippines, through their history of colonization, the factors that contributed to the rise of their nationalist fervor and the continual development of their nationalism in the face of the 21st century with the intention of better understanding their distinctions and similarities.
II. Analysis
Nationalism, for one, has many definitions, but it is largely considered as the increasing desire of the people to determine their identity and destiny
Indonesian and Philippine Nationalisms Examined
Submitted by:
Mary Grace A. Pelayo
2nd Year ABIS-ASST ASS2
I. Introduction.
Southeast Asian countries are characterized above all by their diversity in terms of culture, religion and language to name a few and even their political and economic orientations may vary distinctively from each other. Certainly, being immersed in these Southeast Asian countries also implies being in contact with series of different culture that one can say that they lack a unifying cultural force comparable to that Confucian conformity in East Asia. Yet, despite the significant factor of diversity, Southeast Asia has a shared experience of colonialism and the reaction to it, which resulted in accounts of nationalism.
Independence, needless to say, brought a reorganization of traditional values; especially as the quest of nationhood was intensified and moved beyond the initial endeavor of showing the former colonial rulers that they have mastered the Western ideas and the art and style of government. But then, although it was stated in the 1950s and 1960s that nationalism was the prevailing force in the region, in reality, it was a limited, elite-based nationalism, articulated by the few who had a vision of modernizing their countries as well as leading their nation past the clutches of their colonial masters.
It is our purpose here to compare and contrast the nationalism of the two archipelagoes in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia and the Philippines, through their history of colonization, the factors that contributed to the rise of their nationalist fervor and the continual development of their nationalism in the face of the 21st century with the intention of better understanding their distinctions and similarities.
II. Analysis
Nationalism, for one, has many definitions, but it is largely considered as the increasing desire of the people to determine their identity and destiny
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