Antwoord aan De Jong

Samenvatting

In Antwoord aan De Jong (Reply to De Jong), M. H. Mariën replies that while the logical implication of the article title implies that nationalism and emancipation movements are mutually exclusive, this was not the thrust of the work itself. The intent was to investigate the causes of nationalism among the South Moluccan youth. Nationalism was thus accepted as a given, and the concept of emancipation was not intended to replace that of nationalism, but rather to give additional meaning and sense to the term. It is difficult to speak of nationalism or emancipation movements among the youth; if anything, their feelings might best be summed up as general discontent. P. Tiersma.