Localizing modernity in colonial Bali during the 1930s

Authors
Nordholt, HS
Citation
Hs. Nordholt, Localizing modernity in colonial Bali during the 1930s, J SE ASIA S, 31(1), 2000, pp. 101
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES
ISSN journal
00224634 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4634(200003)31:1<101:LMICBD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Through an examination of an essay written by a Balinese intellectual in th e 1930s, this article explores how notions of modernity and nationalism can take root in particular localities. The essay makes a case for modernizati on and nationalism in Ball, and points to the existing caste system, which it identifies as largely a colonial creation. as an obstacle to progress th at should be eliminated.