The Divergent Nation of Indonesia - Heterogeneous Imaginings in Jakarta, Kupang, and Banda Aceh (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book explores how Indonesia is imagined differently by young people in the three cities of Jakarta, Kupang and Banda Aceh. Throughout the course of Indonesia's colonial and postcolonial history, Jakarta, the capital, has always occupied a central position, while Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara and Banda Aceh in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam are located at the peripheries. The book analyses the convergences and divergences in how the country is perceived from these different vantage points, and the implications for Indonesia, also providing a new perspective to the classic and contemporary theories of the nation. By examining the heterogeneity of the imaginings of the nation 'from below', it moves away from the tendency to focus on the homogeneity of the nation, found in the classic theories such as Anderson's and Gellner's, as well as in more recent theories on every day and banal nationalism. Using the tenets of standpoint theory and Laclau and Mouffe's theory of hegemony, the nation is acknowledged as an empty signifier that means different things depending on the positionality of the perceiving subject. The work appeals to scholars of nation studies and Asian and Indonesian studies, as well those interested in the empirical grounding of poststructuralist theories.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Asia in Transition, 9
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Stefani Nugroho
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	162
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-981-15-4241-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN:	981-15-4241-4
Barcode:	9789811542411

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