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Do you have a source on the relation of “Amokläufer” to the Spanish-American war? All the sources I can find claim it originates from Malay/Indonesian culture.
by realityking 6y ago
Do you have a source on the relation of “Amokläufer” to the Spanish-American war?
All the sources I can find claim it originates from Malay/Indonesian culture.
- 082349872349872 6y agoYou're right, now that I look into it there doesn't seem to be anything more than circumstantial happenstance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine–American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine–American_War https://www.dwds.de/wb/Amok https://www.dwds.de/wb/Amok "amok ‘rasend, wütend, verzweifelt (im Kampf)’, im 19. Jh. vor allem in Lexika bezeugt, im 20. Jh. auch häufiger in literarischen Werken. Ein Frühbeleg findet sich (um 1660) in einer Reisebeschreibung („Amoc welches so viel ist als courage, oder schlag todt“). Amoklauf m. Amokläufer m. (Anfang 20. Jh.)." vgl die Wortverlaufskurve ab 1600. Checking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1800–1899 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1800–1899 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1900–1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1900–1944 reveals the Semantan War, the Mat Sellah Rebellion, the South Sulawesi expedition, the 1906 and 1908 Dutch Interventions in Bali, and various too-small-for-wikipedia Dutch-Indonesian actions as possible other popularisers in the 1890-1910 period.
- jessaustin 6y agoThere was an interesting discussion of the word "amok" with Vincent Bevins on "The Red Nation" podcast last week, starting about 32:30 from the beginning. [0] Surprise! It was largely colonialist bullshit, even in Indonesia. [0] https://soundcloud.com/therednationpod/the-jakarta-method https://soundcloud.com/therednationpod/the-jakarta-method