Part one: Historical setting : 1. The rise of modern Europe and the Javanese experience ; Part two: The Javanese Ancien Regime: civilization and society : 2. Twilight of the old courts: military princes and guardswomen -- 3. The socialisation of the people: "becoming Javanese" ; Part three: The cancer within : 4. Traditional or modern? Rational-bureaucratic feudalism a la VOC -- 5. Aristocracy and peasantry in the tides of world capitalism: three regions ; Part four: Intellectual transformations : 6. New ways of seeing: Ethnicity, history, religion, kingship, society ; Conclusion: The legacy of Indonesia