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Rhetoric and the Decolonization and Recolonization of East Timor - Challenges and failures of the European construction (Paperback)
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Rhetoric and the Decolonization and Recolonization of East Timor - Challenges and failures of the European construction (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
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By the end of the 1960s the process of decolonization had
practically run its course in Southeast Asia. One exception,
however, was tiny Portuguese Timor, where notions of
self-determination and independence had yet to be generated. In
1974, the Carnation Revolution in Portugal brought about the end of
fifty years of dictatorship, and halfway around the world,
presented a new opportunity to a small, ambitious proportion of the
Timorese population, eager to shape the future of their country.
This book presents a compelling and original perspective on the
critical period of 1974-1975 in the history of East Timor. It
describes how the language of politics helped to shape the events
that brought about the decolonization of Portuguese Timor, its
brief independence as The Democratic Republic of East Timor, and
its recolonization by an Asian neighbour. Further, it challenges
the idea that this period of history was infused by the spirit of
nationalism in which the majority Timorese partook, and which
contended with other competing western -isms, including
colonialism, communism, neo-colonialism, and fascism. In contrast,
the book argues that the Timorese majority had little understanding
of any of these alien political abstractions and that the period
can be most effectively explained and understood in terms of the
contrast between the political culture of Dili, the capital, and
the political culture of the rest of the country. In turn, David
Hicks highlights how the period of 1974-1975 can offer lessons to
government and international policy-makers alike who are trying to
bring about a transformation in governance from the traditional to
the legal and convert individuals from peasants to citizens. The
result of extensive fieldwork and interviews, this book will be of
interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian studies,
international relations, post-conflict studies and post-colonial
studies.
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