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Rethinking Indonesia

Postcolonial Theory, Authoritarianism and Identity

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Authors:
  1. Simon Philpott

    1. University of Tasmania, Australia

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Knowing Indonesia: The Making of an Orientalist Discourse

    • Simon Philpott
    Pages 1-45
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  3. The Study of Indonesian Politics

    • Simon Philpott
    Pages 46-94
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  4. Imagining Southeast Asia: Power and Knowledge in the Formation of a Southeast Asian Politics Studies Discourse

    • Simon Philpott
    Pages 95-143
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  5. Government, Subjectivity and Power: Contemporary Indonesian Politics Discourse and Its Alternatives

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    Pages 144-177
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  6. Back Matter

    Pages 178-234
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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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  • University of Tasmania, Australia

    Simon Philpott

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SIMON PHILPOTT is coordinator of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania.

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