Preliminary view on journalistic and intellectual life of Mohammad Said (MS): a discourse on anti-colonial struggle
This work probes the life history and journalistic career of Mohammad Said (1905-1995) in a condensed manner, with much consideration on intensive insight into his personality and writings. In this regard, this study can be classified as an example of microsociology because it departs from the g...
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my.iium.irep.1099452024-02-22T04:13:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/109945/ Preliminary view on journalistic and intellectual life of Mohammad Said (MS): a discourse on anti-colonial struggle Özay, Mehmet Agustono, BUdi H Social Sciences (General) LA History of education LC1390 Education of special classes of persons This work probes the life history and journalistic career of Mohammad Said (1905-1995) in a condensed manner, with much consideration on intensive insight into his personality and writings. In this regard, this study can be classified as an example of microsociology because it departs from the general approach of conventional historiography by absorbing facts concerning grand political events and episodes. He was a self-made intellectual who explored in his writings formidable historical events concerning the migrant workers (koeli kontrak) in North Sumatra, and the Dutch War in Aceh. In addition, it was also pertinent to construct a framework to explain his ideas on the development of nationalism, and the factors that led to independence in the following decades. During the early 20th century, nationalism, identity, and nation-state were a patchwork, and had cleavages in many people’s minds in the Archipelago. Nevertheless, new discourses were developed to gain political consciousness and power through the writings of young journalists and intellectuals like Mohammad Said (MS). The thoughts and actions of MS should be considered as representing the values of his time. In this regard, one can assert that—in a Hegelian way—his self-consciousness helped the readers to comprehend the ‘spirit of the time.’ This study carried some glimpses of the era of tense discussions of independence, and anti-colonial struggles through MS’s intellectual discourse. This approach, namely viewing past political developments through the prism of a social agent, is essential. Universiti Malaya 2023-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/109945/1/109945_Preliminary%20View%20on%20Journalistic%20and%20Intellectual.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/109945/6/109945_Preliminary%20View%20on%20Journalistic%20and%20Intellectual%20Life%20of%20Mohammad%20Said%20%28MS%29_%20A%20Discourse%20on%20Anti-Colonial%20Struggle_SCOPUS.pdf Özay, Mehmet and Agustono, BUdi (2023) Preliminary view on journalistic and intellectual life of Mohammad Said (MS): a discourse on anti-colonial struggle. Journal of Tamaddun, 18 (2). pp. 247-262. ISSN 1823-7517 E-ISSN 2289-2672 https://ijie.um.edu.my/index.php/JAT/article/view/46833/16639 https://doi.org/10.22452/JAT.vol18no2.17 |
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This work probes the life history and journalistic career of Mohammad Said (1905-1995) in a condensed
manner, with much consideration on intensive insight into his personality and writings. In this regard,
this study can be classified as an example of microsociology because it departs from the general
approach of conventional historiography by absorbing facts concerning grand political events and
episodes. He was a self-made intellectual who explored in his writings formidable historical events
concerning the migrant workers (koeli kontrak) in North Sumatra, and the Dutch War in Aceh. In
addition, it was also pertinent to construct a framework to explain his ideas on the development of
nationalism, and the factors that led to independence in the following decades. During the early 20th
century, nationalism, identity, and nation-state were a patchwork, and had cleavages in many people’s
minds in the Archipelago. Nevertheless, new discourses were developed to gain political consciousness
and power through the writings of young journalists and intellectuals like Mohammad Said (MS). The
thoughts and actions of MS should be considered as representing the values of his time. In this regard,
one can assert that—in a Hegelian way—his self-consciousness helped the readers to comprehend the
‘spirit of the time.’ This study carried some glimpses of the era of tense discussions of independence,
and anti-colonial struggles through MS’s intellectual discourse. This approach, namely viewing past
political developments through the prism of a social agent, is essential. |
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Preliminary view on journalistic and intellectual life of Mohammad Said (MS): a discourse on anti-colonial struggle |
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