Tan Malaka

Tan Malaka (born Ibrahim Datuk Sutan Malaka) was an Indonesian revolutionary, philosopher, and prominent figure in the early Indonesian independence movement. Born in West Sumatra in 1897, he was active in nationalist and communist political organizing both in Indonesia and abroad during the early twentieth century.

His best-known work, Madilog (short for Materialisme, Dialektika, dan Logika), is a major work of Indonesian political philosophy written while Tan Malaka was in hiding, attempting to lay an intellectual foundation for Indonesian thought rooted in materialist and dialectical reasoning.

Tan Malaka was killed in 1949 and was later posthumously recognized as a National Hero of Indonesia. His writings remain influential in Indonesian intellectual and political history. The edition listed on MekarBooks is a third-party title linked via Gramedia affiliate listings.