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A New Criminal Type in Jakarta - Counter-Revolution Today (Paperback, New)
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A New Criminal Type in Jakarta - Counter-Revolution Today (Paperback, New)
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In A New Criminal Type in Jakarta, James T. Siegel studies the
dependence of Indonesia's post-1965 government on the ubiquitous
presence of what he calls criminality, an ensemble of imagined
forces within its society that is poised to tear it apart. Siegel,
a foremost authority on Indonesia, interprets Suharto's New
Order-in powerful contrast to Sukarno's Old Order-and shows a
cultural and political life in Jakarta controlled by a repressive
regime that has created new ideas among its population about crime,
ghosts, fear, and national identity. Examining the links between
the concept of criminality and scandal, rumor, fear, and the state,
Siegel analyzes daily life in Jakarta through the seemingly
disparate but strongly connected elements of family life, gossip,
and sensationalist journalism. He offers close analysis of the
preoccupation with crime in Pos Kota (a newspaper directed toward
the lower classes) and the middle-class magazine Tempo. Because
criminal activity has been a sensationalized preoccupation in
Jakarta's news venues and among its people, criminality, according
to Siegel, has pervaded the identities of its ordinary citizens.
Siegel examines how and why the government, fearing revolution and
in an attempt to assert power, has made criminality itself a
disturbing rationalization for the spectacular massacre of the
people it calls criminals-many of whom were never accused of
particular crimes. A New Criminal Type in Jakarta reveals that
Indonesians-once united by Sukarno's revolutionary proclamations in
the name of "the people"-are now, lacking any other unifying
element, united through their identification with the criminal and
through a "nationalization of death" that has emerged with
Suharto's strong counter-revolutionary measures. A provocative
introduction to contemporary Indonesia, this book will engage those
interested in Southeast Asian studies, anthropology, history,
political science, postcolonial studies, public culture, and
cultural studies generally.
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