INDONESIAN STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON A HUMANITY-BASED NATIONALISM

Authors

  • Mikhael Dua Mikhael Dua teaches philosophy at Atma Jaya Catholic University, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Clara R. P. Ajisuksmo Clara R. P Ajisuksmo is a researcher in Educational Psychology at Atma Jaya Catholic University in Jakarta Indonesia.

Keywords:

higher education, Indonesia, nationalism, political movement

Abstract

Do the Indonesian students revive the radical movements or do they have their own way in grasping nationalism in a globalized-world-perspective? How do they identify themselves as nation and how far they understand themselves the meaning of national solidarity? How effective their understanding on solidarity in the process of nation building? The aim of this study was to portray the perspectives of the Indonesian higher education students on nationalism. This study applied qualitative approach, by implementing series of Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and key informant interview (KII). Forty students of three private universities located in three provinces in Indonesia participated in six series of FGDs and three political figures play role as resource persons in the KIIs. The results of the study revealed that the students had three models of nationalism, that are, nationalism under the spirit of anticolonialism, nationalism under the national interests, and nationalism under the humanity perspectives.

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Published

2019-06-25

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2019): January - June 2019

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