Roots of violence in Indonesia : : contemporary violence in historical perspective / / edited by Freek Colombijn, J. Thomas Lindblad.

• Superior document: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
• TeilnehmendeR: Colombijn, Freek, 1961-; Lindblad, J. Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : KITLV Press,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004489568
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Freek Colombijn, J. Thomas Lindblad.

Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple, geographical names have recently obtained strong associations with mass killing, just as Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up again. Lethal incidents between adjacent villages, or between a petty criminal and the crowd, take place throughout Indonesia. Indonesia is a violent country. Many Indonesia-watchers, both scholars and journalists, explain the violence in terms of the loss of the monopoly on the means of violence by the state since the beginning of the Reformasi in 1998. Others point at the omnipresent remnants of the New Order state (1966-1998), former President Suharto's clan or the army in particular, as the evil genius behind the present bloodshed. The authors in this volume try to explain violence in Indonesia by looking at it in historical perspective.