Lexington Books
Pages: 154
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-3308-9 • Hardback • July 2016 • $83.00 • (£64.00)
978-1-4985-3309-6 • eBook • July 2016 • $78.50 • (£60.00)
Bagoes Wiryomartono is a faculty member in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Pelita Harapan.
Chapter 1: Aesthetics in Javanese Culture and Tradition
Chapter 2: Pra Kuta Negara: Pre-Islamic States and Formative Urbanism in Java Indonesia
Chapter 3: Kuta Negara: The Javanese Idea of City/State and its Historical Evolution
Chapter 4: Javanese Way of Living
Chapter 5: Javanese Pride, Patronage, and Prophecy: Political Culture in Indonesia
This illuminating study—which is one of few works published in English from a native point of view—offers new insights into understanding Javanese concepts of aesthetics, and is a profound contribution to the fields of cultural studies, philosophy, political science, architecture, and urban design.
— Gunawan Tjahjono, University of Indonesia