The Political Use of Prophecies in Indonesia

The paper analyzes through different historical periods in Indonesia the political instrumentalization of three prophetic narratives based on the prophecies of the medieval Javanese king Jayabaya, and looks at the ways in which millenniarist organizations and political activists have used the myths...

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Main Author: Mladen Stajić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade 2020-04-01
Series:Etnoantropološki Problemi
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Online Access:https://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/1042