Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Local Wisdom (Incolwis 2022)

Serat Wicara Keras and The Hegemony of Javanese Priyayi

Authors
Aloysius Indratmo1, *, Wakit Abdullah Rais1, Susanto1, Dwi Susanto1
1Postgraduate Program in Cultural Studies, Sebelas Maret University, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: aloysiusindratmo@gmail.com
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Aloysius Indratmo
Available Online 20 May 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-224-8_17How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Serat Wicara Keras; hegemony; priyayi
Abstract

This study attempts to explain how Javanese ideology and culture, as articulated by the poet R. Ng. Yasadipura II in Serat Wicara Keras, marked the beginning of the hegemony of the Javanese aristocratic group over the Kawula group. Hegemonic analysis, interpretation, and text analysis are all used in this study. Structural analysis approaches are included in the text analysis method. Interpretation based on the semiotics of Charles Sanders Pierce. Antonio Gramsci's theory informs hegemony analysis. This study discovered that under Sunan Paku Buwana IV's rule, the Javanese people (group kawula) suffered numerous moral and social failures. Some of the disadvantages include the loss of supernatural abilities in a large number of individuals, offspring of priests who no longer fast, and children of poets who are illiterate. Faced with this, Poet R. Ng. Yasadipura II in the Serat Wicara Keras teaches people to imitate the ancestral priyayi. The teachings of the Serat Wicara Keras became the beginning of the domination of the priyayi group over the kawula group in Javanese society. Priyayi hegemony occurs over the subject through the concept of a budaya adi luhung, only the culture of the priyayi group is considered valuable, the culture of the subordinate (kawula) group is not valuable.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Local Wisdom (Incolwis 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
20 May 2024
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-224-8_17
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-224-8_17How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Aloysius Indratmo
AU  - Wakit Abdullah Rais
AU  - Susanto
AU  - Dwi Susanto
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