The central thesis of the book maintains that the need to preserve pluralism in Indoneisa, and the high price paid by its people anytime pluralism had been trampled upon in the past, are the two essential aspects of their historical experience. This thesis is particularly relevant for the people of Indonesia today as they are grappling with the problems of national unity and transition to a modern pluralistic democracy. Two parts of this book articulate this ...
The Tantra is a body of theories, techniques and rituals developed in India I antiquity, which has two fundamental aspects. The first aspect of the Tantra is the theory os creation, which posits that the universe has no beginning and no end, and that all its manifestations are merely the projections of divine energy of its Creator. The second aspect of the Tantra is the belief that the performance of Tantrik techniques and rituals facilitates access to this ...
This volume describes the most serious threat to the pluralistic nature of the Indonesian society and its secular government posed by an attempts of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) to seize power on October 1, 1965. While the army under General Suharto thwarted the attempt had the coup succeeded there is no doubt that an intensive class warfare would hae destroyed the political parties, religious organizations and entire social classes committed to the ...