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1、StateTerrorismandPoliticalIdentityinIndonesiaApproximatelyonemillioninnocentIndonesianswerekilledbytheirfellownationals,neighboursandkinattheheightofananti-communistcampaigninthemid-1960s.ThisbookinvestigatestheprofoundpoliticalconsequencesofthesemasskillingsinIndonesiau

2、ponpubliclifeinthesubsequentdecades,highlightingthehistoricalspeci®citiesoftheviolenceandcompar-ableincidentsofidentitypoliticsinmorerecenttimes.Weavingabalanceoftheorywithanempiricallybasedanalysis,thebookexamineshowthespectreofcommunismandthetraumaexperiencedinthelatte

3、rhalfofthe1960sremaincriticalinunderstandingthedynamicsofterror,coercionandconsenttoday.Heryantochallengesthegeneralbeliefthattheperiodicanti-communistwitch-huntsofrecentIndonesianhistoryarelargelyapoliticaltoolusedbyapowerfulmilitaryeliteandauthoritariangovernment.Thebo

4、okinvestigateswhatdroveotherwiseapoliticalsubjectstobecomplicitintheengul®ngcyclesofwitch-hunts.Itarguesthatelementsofwhatbeganasananti-communistcampaigntookonalifeoftheirown,increasinglyoperatingindependentlyoftheviolenceandindividualsubjectswhoappearedtobemanipulatingt

5、hecampaignsinthe1980sand1990s.Despitetheprofoundimportanceofthe1965±6eventsitremainsoneofthemostdicultandsensitivetopicsforpublicdiscussioninIndonesiatoday.StateTerrorismandPoliticalIdentityinIndonesiaisoneofthe®rstbookstofullydiscusstheproblematicrepresentationandimpact

6、sofacrucialmomentofIndonesia'shistorythatuntilrecentlyhasbeenlargelyunspoken.ArielHeryantoisaSeniorLectureratMelbourneInstituteofAsianLanguagesandSocieties,TheUniversityofMelbourne.Hisresearchinterestsincludeculturalstudies,mediaandidentitypolitics.Heco-editedChallenging

7、AuthoritarianisminSoutheastAsia:ComparingIndonesiaandMalaysia(RoutledgeCurzon,2003).PoliticsinAsiaseriesFormerlyeditedbyMichaelLeiferLondonSchoolofEconomicsASEANandtheSecurityofPoliticsinIndonesiaSouth-EastAsiaDemocracy,IslamandtheideologyMichaelLeiferoftoleranceDouglasE

8、.RamageChina'sPolicyTowardsTerritorialDisputesCommunicationIdeologyandThecaseoftheSouthChinaSeaDemocrac