A New Criminal Type in Jakarta: Counter-Revolution Today

James T. Siegel

Published by Duke University Press 1998

A New Criminal Type in Jakarta

Counter-Revolution Today

James T. Siegel

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822382515

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About this book

The politics of New Order Jakarta and the regime’s dependence on the continued prosecution of somewhat phantasmic internal enemies.

Author / Editor information

James T. Siegel is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University and author of numerous books, including Solo in the New Order: Language and Hierarchy in an Indonesian City and Fetish, Recognition, Revolution.

Reviews

“James T. Siegel tells the story of a nation not able to contain its revolution and makes us feel the pathos of its aftermath. This special book challenges any market-optimistic approach to the understanding of Indonesia and non-Western societies in general.”—Rudolf Mrázek, University of Michigan

“The mastermind Suharto conducts his murderous regime of nepotism with cunning and with a profound understanding of Indonesian history, its racial myths and violent obsessions. James Siegel’s amazing book thankfully appears when we need most of all to understand the mind of a dictator, the ruin he has brought upon his country’s democracy, and the further horrors of which he is capable, which may consume us all.”—Rickard Klein, Cornell University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Killing Those in One's Own Image Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Illegitimacy and "The People" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Bastards, Revolution, and Kriminalitas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. In Lieu of "The People": The Replacement of Ghosts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4. A New Criminal Type in Jakarta: The Nationalization of Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
5. Counter-Revolution Today: Neither the Story nor Stories-Words and Photographs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 160

eBook

Published: August 17, 1998
ISBN: 9780822382515