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Abstract

Though many historical accounts of Western Imperialism and Colonialism have been written by now, most of these works have tended to focus upon the conquest of territorial space. This paper looks at another, under-studied, dimension of colonial expansionism in Southeast Asia, and will consider how 'time' was also a concern among Western colonialists of the 18th to 20th centuries. It will look at how a distinctly Western understanding of time - as something singular, linear, uni-directional and teleological - was brought to the region by Western colonialists and Orientalists, and how the imposition of this linear understanding of time effectively marginalised and erased local understandings of time, history and chronology among native Southeast Asians themselves.

Alternate abstract:

Walaupun banyak buku-buku tentang sejarah Imperialisme Barat dan Kolonialisme telah ditulis, kebanyakan karya-karaya ini lebih cenderung memberi tumpuan kepada perebutan dan penaklukan ruang wilayah. Makalah ini menumpukan fokus kita kepada satu lagi dimensi yang kurang dikaj i, dan ia akan mempertimbangkan bagaimana konsep/ide 'masa' telah juga menj adi tumpuan para penjajah Barat dari abad ke-18 hingga ke-20. Makalah ini akan menceritakan bagaimana pemahaman Barat tentang 'masa' - sebagai sesuatu yang tunggal, linear, dan teleologikal - telah dibawa ke rantau ini oleh para penjajah dan Orientalis Barat, dan bagaimana pengenaan konsep masa yang linear dan lurus itu telah juga meminggirkan ide-ide dan konsep-konsep tempatan, termasuklah pemahaman lokal tentang masa, sej arah dan kronologi di kalangan masy arakat asli Asia Tenggara sendiri.

Details

Title
'Time' in the Time of Empire: The Idea of Linear Time during the Era of Late Colonial-Capitalism from William Marsden to Munshi Abdullah
Author
Noor, Parish A 1 

 Professor of Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia UIII. Email: [email protected] 
Pages
9-30
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
International Islamic University Malaysia
ISSN
01284878
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3086095894
Copyright
© 2024. This work is published under https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/about (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.