State Terrorism and Political Identity in Indonesia: Fatally Belonging

by Ariel Heryanto

Book Overview

Approximately one million innocent Indonesians were killed by their fellow nationals, neighbours and kin at the height of an anti-communist campaign in the mid-1960s. This book investigates the profound political consequences of these mass killings in Indonesia upon public life, highlighting the historical specificities of the violence and comparable incidents of identity politics in more recent times.

Mixing theory with empirically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415470277
• ISBN13: 9780415470278
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"