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Rethinking Indonesia : Postcolonial Theory, Authoritarianism and Identity

Postcolonial Theory Authoritarianism and Identity

By: S. Philpott

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Hardcover | 1 November 2000 | Edition Number 1

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This book employs alternative approaches to authoritarianism, power, domination and political identity in contemporary Indonesia. It seeks to clarify the relationship between knowledge and 'real' politics. Drawing upon the thought of Edward Said and Michel Foucault, the text argues that understandings of Indonesian political life are profoundly shaped by particular approaches to culture, tradition, ethnicity, Cold War politics and modernity. Power, domination and the effects of authoritarianism on identity are key areas of discussion in this innovative and topical analysis of Indonesia and the study of its politics.

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'In the space opened by Said's Orientalism comes Philpott's Rethinking Indonesia. Demonstrating powerfully that the production of our knowledge about South East Asia and Indonesia imbibes the concerns of European identity, American social science, and a variety of historical and political confluences bearing upon the inquiry, Philpott radically re-orients conventional approaches to area studies and ensures that the idea of 'the region' will never be the same again. Given the upheavals in Indonesia, it is a timely intervention at the all-important intersection of postcolonial theory and politics.' - Professor David Campbell, Department of Politics, University of Newcastle

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Knowing Indonesia: Power, Politics and Change
Knowing Indonesia: The Making of an Orientalist Discourse	p. 1
The Study of Indonesian Politics	p. 46
Imagining Southeast Asia: Power and Knowledge in the Formation of a Southeast Asian Politics Studies Discourse	p. 95
Government, Subjectivity and Power: Contemporary Indonesian Politics Discourse and Its Alternatives	p. 144
Notes and References	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 203
Index	p. 226
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Rethinking Indonesia : Postcolonial Theory, Authoritarianism and Identity

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