Rethinking Indonesia Postcolonial Theory, Authoritarianism and Identity [Hardcover]

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.Acknowledgements Foreword: Knowing Indonesia: Power, Politics and Change Knowing Indonesia: The Making of an Orientalist The Study of Indonesian Politics Imagining Southeast Asia: Power and Knowledge in the Formation of a Southeast Asian Politics Discourse Government, Subjectivity, and Power: Contemporary Indonesian Politics Discourse and Its Alternatives Bibliography IndexSIMON PHILPOTT is coordinator of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania.