Mass Violence and Regime Change in Indonesia

[...]few scholars who had invested time to specialize in the country’s languages, history, culture, and politics were willing to jeopardize access to their chosen area of study by focusing their research on the violence on which the regime was founded. [...]official documentation on the mass violenc...

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Published inIndonesia (Ithaca) Vol. 107; no. 107; pp. 95 - 102
Main Author Kammen, Douglas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program Publications 01.04.2019
Cornell University Press
Cornell Southeast Asia Program
Subjects
Diplomatic & consular services
Genocide
Government archives
Ideology
Mass murders
Massacres
Murders & murder attempts
Political parties
Politics
Propaganda
Review Essay
Scholars
Southeast Asian studies
Violence
Beijing China
Jakarta Indonesia
United States > US
Timor-Leste
Indonesia
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Summary:[...]few scholars who had invested time to specialize in the country’s languages, history, culture, and politics were willing to jeopardize access to their chosen area of study by focusing their research on the violence on which the regime was founded. [...]official documentation on the mass violence was scant (though by no means nonexistent) and identifying sources, let alone convincing them to speak openly, made research daunting. [...]ideological considerations were at work: with the lingering influence of modernization theory and the subsequent celebration of the “Asian economic miracle,” some scholars focused on the challenges and accomplishments of the New Order itself rather than the horrific circumstances under which it came to power. [...]the mass violence against the political Left was common knowledge among scholars, but never generated a significant corresponding literature.
ISSN:0019-7289
2164-8654
2164-8654
DOI:10.1353/ind.2019.0006