Spiritual Logic as Culture and Political Expression in Sultan AgungHanyakrakusuma’s Ruling

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10.2991/icalc-18.2019.21How to use a DOI?

Keywords

spiritual logic, Mataram dynasty, knowledge motive, political motive, power Motive

Abstract

This study aims to describe the role of spiritual logic during the reign of Sultan Agung Hanyakrakusuma from the Javanese community mentality’s viewpoint recorded in the book of Babad Tanah Jawi (BTJ). BTJ recounts the genealogy of Javanese kings until the reign of Pakubuwana II in Kartasura. BTJ in this episode expresses the steps of Sultan Agung to knit the continuity of the power of the Mataram dynasty in controlling Java and Madura. The political steps taken by Sultan Agung in legitimizing power were trusted by the people as an attitude that was directly inspired by God. The speech story recorded in the BTJ within the limits of this study contains three important motives, namely (1) spiritual motives, (2) political, and (3) power. Information in the BTJ should be seen as a Javanese perspective in interpreting its world and king's greatness, not as a historical turn.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Aris Aryanto
AU  - Bani Sudardi
AU  - Andrik Purwasito
AU  - Wakit Abdullah Rais
PY  - 2019/02
DA  - 2019/02
TI  - Spiritual Logic as Culture and Political Expression in Sultan AgungHanyakrakusuma’s Ruling
BT  - Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Arts, Language and Culture (ICALC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 147
EP  - 152
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icalc-18.2019.21
DO  - 10.2991/icalc-18.2019.21
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