Achdiat K. Mihardja (–2010)
Teoksen Atheis tekijä
Tietoja tekijästä
Tekijän teokset
Atheis 2 kappaletta
Polemik kebudayaan 2 kappaletta
Polemik Kebudayaan: Pergulatan Pemikiran Terbesar dalam Sejarah Kebangsaan Indonesia (2008) 2 kappaletta
Atheis : roman 1 kappale
Debu cinta bertebaran 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Kuolinaika
- 2010-08
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Indonesia (birth)
Australia
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 9
- Jäseniä
- 26
- Suosituimmuussija
- #495,361
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 4.5
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 1
- ISBN:t
- 9
- Kielet
- 2
It’s interesting to me that this book remains in print and well-known, if the pages and pages of reviews at Goodreads are anything to go year. The significance of this book is that, in 1948-9, with the possibility of the creation of a new independent nation clearly in sight, an Indonesian intellectual was imagining what kind of society the Dutch East Indies might become if/when it became free of the colonial masters who had ruled it for centuries. Indonesia had declared its independence in 1945 two days after the Japanese surrender, and it was fighting a bitter war with the Dutch who were determined to hang onto their colonial possession. Mihardja knew that independence was inevitable and he knew that decisions made about a constitution and government would be critical to its future.
So The Atheist explores the ethics and consequences of a capitalist or a socialist future; and through its main character ponders the possibility of an Islamic or a secular society. By contrast, books exploring Australia’s possible post-colonial future, have lapsed into obscurity. In 2018 I went to a Rare Books Week event here in Melbourne presented by scholar Zachary Kendall: it was called ’19th Century Visions of Australia’s Future’. Zachary showcased a collection of books written here in Australia at the turn of the 19th century, and how in the leadup to Federation, in utopias and dystopias, writers were contemplating what kind of society we might have. The themes that Zachary identified in his collection were Socialism, Federation and independence, Foreign invasion, Women’s rights, Secularism, Christianity, and Spiritualism. Unsurprisingly, these themes are also present in The Atheist.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2019/02/02/the-atheist-by-achdiat-k-mihardja-translated... (Be warned, it's quite long because it's such a fascinating book!)… (lisätietoja)