Governing with a Split

October 25, 2005

  • Goenawan Mohamad

    A SPLIT is a consequence of reform. All reform bears two sides that are not always compatible. The first is a rejection of the past. The second, a continuation of that past.

    No history begins with a clean slate. Even a revolution is implanted with a split. Revolution, Bung Karno said, is a tearing down and building up. Nevertheless, it is always the case that some old bricks from the structure that is torn down will function as new

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