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The Power of Prophecy
Prince Dipanagara and the End of an Old Order in Java, 1785-1855
Peter Carey
National hero, Javanese mystic, pious Muslim, and leader of the "holy war" against the Dutch between 1825 and 1830, the Yogyakarta prince, Dipanagara, is pre-eminent in the pantheon of modern Indonesian historical figures. This is the first full biography based on Dutch and Javanese sources. The Power of Prophecy sets Dipanagara's life against the context of the turbulent events of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when European imperialsm reached Indonesi, destroying forever Java's old order and propelling the twin forces of Islam and Javanese national identity into a fatal confrontation with the Dutch. This confrontation known as the Java War, in which Dipanagara was defeated and exiled, marked the beginning of the modern colonial period in Indonesia.
The book presents a detailed analysis of Dipanagara's pre-war visions and aspirations as a Javanese Ratu Adil ("Just King") based on his autobiography, the Babad Dipanagara, and other Javanese sources, as well as Dutch and British records. The book is concerned with the rise of Western colonial rule in Indonesia, the fate of indigenous cultures in an age of imperialism, and the role of Javanese Islam in modern Indonesian history.
Peter Carey is Laithwaite Tutor in History at Trinity College, Oxford.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Abbreviations
Maps of eastern and central Java
I. The south-central Javanese world, circa 1792-1825
II. Dipanagara's youth and upbringing, 1785-1803
III. Young manhood: Marriage, education, and links with the santri community, 1803-1805
IV. Pilgrimage to the south coast, circa 1805
V. The beginning of the ruin of the Land of Java: Yogyakarta and Daendels'' new order, 1808
VI. The old order's last champion: The origins and course of Raden Rongga's rebellion, 1809-1810
VII. The end of the beginning; the last months of the Franco-Dutch government and the British rape of Yogyakarta, 1811-1812
VIII. Into a new era: The British interregnum, 1812-1816
IX. Binding on the iron yoke: The returned Dutch administration, the impoverishment of the south-central Javanese peasantry and the rise of millenarian expectations, 1816-1822
X. Waiting for the "Just King": The road to war in south-central Java, 1822-1825
XI. The last stand of the old order: Reflections on the Java War, 1825-1830
XII. Enduring the unendurable: Dipanagara's capture at Magelang and exile in Sulawesi, 1830-1855
Appendices
Glossary of Javanese words
Bibliography
Index
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Pub Date:
2008
ISBN:
CLOTH:
90-6718-303-2
978-90-6718-303-1
Price:
Cloth: $60.00s
Subject Listing:
Asian Studies, World War I
Bibliographic information:
925 pp., illus., 6 x 9 in.
Distributed for:
KITLV Press, Leiden
Territorial rights:
Rights in U.S. and Canada only
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