Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality

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 TraditionChapter 2: Pra Kuta Negara: Pre-Islamic States and Formative Urbanism in Java IndonesiaChapter 3: Kuta Negara: The Javanese Idea of City/State and its Historical EvolutionChapter 4: Javanese Way of LivingChapter 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.