Abstract
This study traced historical footprints of national identity discourses production through high school history textbooks. The main question is, what did the New Order's politics look like to the national history of Indonesia? The method used was qualitative research that focused on analyzing the content of history textbooks. This research examined nine history textbooks from three national curriculums. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is used to analyze the content of the textbooks. The results show that New Order was discoursing Indonesian national identity as a nation that runs a modern and militaristic society. The discourse of modernity presents Western culture as the only source of Indonesian progression. As a result, national history exclusively narrates many of the Dutch colonial policies as a determinant factor for the development of the Indonesian people. In contrast, history textbooks negated indigenous culture as traditional that is inappropriate for modern life. On the other hand, militaristic discourse exposing the army's success in defending Indonesian independence. Instead, civil government and diplomatic negotiation were negated as the loser.
Highlights
This study traced historical footprints of national identity discourses production through high school history textbooks
The New Order policies constituted a fundamental change in Indonesia, and it is contrary to the policy of the previous Indonesian government under President Soekarno (1945-1965)
From the historical retracement that has been done in the content of history textbooks can be concluded that in New Order’s national identity discourse, Indonesia was imagined to become a modern nation similar to Western standards
Summary
This study traced historical footprints of national identity discourses production through high school history textbooks. The results show that New Order was discoursing Indonesian national identity as a nation that runs a modern and militaristic society. La Política de la Historia: Libros de Texto de la Escuela Secundaria de Indonesia durante el Período del Nuevo Orden (1967-1998). Este estudio trazó huellas históricas de la producción de discursos de identidad nacional a través de los libros de texto de historia de la escuela secundaria. El Análisis Crítico del Discurso (CDA) se utiliza para analizar el contenido de los libros de texto. Los resultados muestran que New Order estaba disertando sobre la identidad nacional de Indonesia como una nación que dirige una sociedad moderna y militarista. Los libros de texto de historia rechazan la cultura indígena como tradicional que es inapropiada para la vida moderna. The change of international relations with western countries is represented through the opening investment of multinational corporations and the establishment of IGGI (the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia) in 1967 ( Posthumus, 1972)
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