HISTORIOGRAFI ISLAM INDONESIA: Perspektif Sejarawan Informal

• Main Author: M. Yakub
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: State Islamic University of North Sumatra 2013-06-01
• Series: Miqot: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Keislaman
• Subjects: sejarawan informal; historiografi
• Online Access: http://jurnalmiqotojs.uinsu.ac.id/index.php/jurnalmiqot/article/view/94
• ISSN: 0852-0720; 2502-3616

Historiography of Indonesian Islam: An Informal Historian Perspective. This article discusses the debate of informal historian paradigm in Indonesia on historiographical genre produced. This study employs historical method by reviewing historical works with descriptive and explorative approach on informal historians represented by Joesoef Sou’yb, HAMKA, Ali Hasjmy, all of whom have produced historical works of Islamic society in the Indonesian archipelago. The author finds that theoretically, there are three categories of historian, namely, first, academic or professional historians who equipped themselves with history education, scientific theory and methology; second, historians who come from disciples other than history background, but have interest in this field; third, community historians, namely those who do not acquire any academic qualification but nonetheless they are more productive in writing historical events compared to the professional ones, such works of which then to be well known as early Islamic historiography in Indonesia.