Torture and peacebuilding in Indonesia : the case of Papua / Budi Hernawan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Budi Hernawan, J., author.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 92.

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torture--Indonesia--Papua.

Torture.

Peace-building--Indonesia--Papua.

Peace-building.

Papua (Indonesia)--Politics and government.

Papua (Indonesia).

Politics and government.

Indonesia--Papua.

Physical Description:

xiii, 236 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

"State-sponsored torture and peacebuilding encapsulate the essence of many of the current conflicts in Indonesia. Papua in particular provides a thought-provoking example of the intricacy and complexity of building peace amidst enduring conflict and violence. This book examines the complex power relations that have constructed the gruesome picture of the fifty-year practice of torture in Papua, as well as the ongoing Papuan peacebuilding movements that resist the domineering power of the Indonesian state over Papuans. Conceptualising 'theatres of torture and peace', the book argues that torture in Papua is performed in public by the Indonesian state in order to communicate its policy of terror towards Papuans--it is not meant for extracting information, gaining confessions or exacting punishment. A torture dataset is provided, codifying evidence from a broad range of cases, collected through sensitive interviews. In examining the data, the author crafts a new, more holistic framework for analyzing cases of torture and employs an interdisciplinary approach integrating three different theories: Foucault's theory of governmentality and sovereignty, Kristeva's theory of abjection and Metz's theory of memoria passionis (the memory of suffering). The book successfully establishes a new understanding of torture as 'public theatre' and offers a new perspective of strengthening the existing Papuan peacebuilding framework of Papua Land of Peace"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Locating torture in Papua

Reconstructing torture

A genealogy of torture

The anatomy of torture

Theatre of torture

Theatre of peace : re-imagining "Papua Land of Peace"

Lenses on torture and peacebuilding.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138184961

1138184969

OCLC:

989726750