3542 6698 1 SM PDF
3542 6698 1 SM PDF
Isbodroini Suyanto-Gunawan
(Universitas Indonesia)
Abstract
During the Javanese historical development since the First Mataram Empire until today,
Javanese cultural concepts as cultural syncretism of early Hindu-Buddhism, latter Hindu-
Buddhism and Islam tends to be preserved. In its contact with later concepts from the west,
such as formal education, modern politics and the entrance of various ideologies such as
nationalism, capitalism, socialism, democracy and so on, has not negated those Javanese
cultures. The main problem posed in this article is as follow: to what extent Javanese value of
political power has been embraced by elites from Surakarta and Yogyakarta palaces. Whether
their values are still strong or has it been diminished. Results reached in this research are: ( 1)
Dominant perception of the elite, shows that their understanding of Javanese political power
is still strong. They still strongly embraced the palace tradition and fully involved in all
palace’s rituals; (2) Western cultural penetration has not able to negate the strong rooted
Javanese culture from these palace’s elites. Their spirits are still bound to the Javanese culture
which surrounded their palace; (3) Javanese sense of political power will play important role
when it is positioned as spiritual power to those “njawani” rulers.
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