orms of representation and imagination of communities in the Indonesian audio-visual mediascape, and addresses the impact of discourses and film mediation practices on the production of collective... Show moreorms of representation and imagination of communities in the Indonesian audio-visual mediascape, and addresses the impact of discourses and film mediation practices on the production of collective identities and social realities. The account ranges from discourses on idealized Indonesian identities in television and film discourses under President Soeharto’s New Order regime, to a topsy-turvy heated debate about the representation of the Indonesian nation and the social and daily-lived realities of the people in film and on television during the era of Reform, up to 2007 Show less
This thesis is an investigation into the formation of plural identities in the first half of the Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392). It focuses on processes of identity formation with both domestic and... Show moreThis thesis is an investigation into the formation of plural identities in the first half of the Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392). It focuses on processes of identity formation with both domestic and international reference. The Koryŏ dynasty was a rather extraordinary society, in which several important systems of belief and thought co-existed, but were not assimilated into each other. Koryo literati possessed a seldom encountered capacity for tolerating ambiguity, inconsistency and contradiction, while nonetheless displaying a distinctive sense of identity. The tolerance, even preference for ambiguity ensured in the long run the survival of the Koryo state amidst its powerful neighbours in China and Manchuria. This thesis concludes that despite the majority opinion in modern historiography Koryŏ was not either Confucian or Buddhist or nativist, but a mixture of all these systems and a good many more. The Koryŏ state and society were thoroughly pluralist, that is, geared to provide to the maximum of different, sometimes contradictory principles, instead of one ultimate principle. The thesis also concludes that pre-modern forms of community construction and the generation of feelings of belonging were not significantly different from their modern counterparts. Show less