Indonesia Community Studies

Abstract

Indonesian society is a heterogeneous society. To studying the heterogeneity of Indonesian society will be discussed successively in the understanding of Indonesian society, the structure of Indonesian society and the pluralism of Indonesian society. In discussing Indonesian society will put forward the concept of society and the differences between society and citizens. In discussing the structure of Indonesian society, unique aspects are examined vertically and horizontally. To discuss Indonesian pluralism society we can emphasizes ethnic diversity in Indonesia. This book describes the process of a pluralistic society becoming a multicultural society, how culture develops multiculturalism and how multicultural education can be used as a strategy to prevent and resolve possible conflicts that occurs in Indonesia’s pluralistic society. Indonesian culture can be seen as a system consisting of components that are interrelated and intertwined of the entire Indonesian people. To understand the Indonesian culture system requires basic cultural concepts from anthropology experts. Starting from the concept of culture and its function as a life guide, then a description of Indonesian community’s lifestyle, the diversity of Indonesian culture, along with value orientations culture of Indonesian society.