THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DUTCH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT'S LEGAL POLICIES AND INTERPRETIVE THINKING IN INDONESIA
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v22.n5.3605Keywords:
Power Relations, Legal Political Policy, Colonial Government, Indonesian InterpretationAbstract
This study examines the dominance of the Dutch colonial government's legal-political policies over interpretive thinking in Indonesia. This domination produced a relationship between Dutch colonial legal-political policies and interpretive thinking in Indonesia. Legal-political policies, as products of power and of interpretation, are also products of thought situated within the domain of knowledge. Therefore, to critique the relationship between Dutch colonial legal-political policies and Indonesian interpretation, Foucault's power and knowledge framework is used. The relationship is not one of equal bargaining power. Rather, Indonesian interpretation is positioned as the dominated party, socially, politically, legally, and culturally. Therefore, the five interpretations that are the object of the study will be analyzed through postcolonial theory to assess the extent of the relationship between colonial legal politics and Indonesian interpretation. This is a library-based study that uses five commentaries as primary sources, including "Tafsir al-Quran al-Hakim Beserta Tujuan dan Maksudnya" by Ilyas and Abdul Jalil (1920), "Tafsir al-Furqan" by Ahmad Hasan (1928), "Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim" by Abdul Halim, Arifin Abbas, and Abdurrahman Haitami (1930), "Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim" by Mahmud Yunus (1935), and "Tafsir al-Quran" by Zainuddin Hamidy and Fakhruddin (1959). This study is descriptive and analytical in nature, employing a historical approach. The study identifies three important findings, including the concept and construction of Indonesian interpretation, the values of Dutch colonial legal-political policies in Indonesian interpretation, and the implications of Dutch colonial legal-political policies in Indonesian interpretation. This study demonstrates the relationship between the legal policies of the Dutch colonial government and Indonesian interpretation, particularly in interpretations of legal verses in Indonesia.
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