Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 471 g
Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 471 g
ISBN: 978-0-691-02652-7
Verlag: Princeton University Press
This book concerns the role of language in the Indonesian revolution. James Siegel, an anthropologist with long experience in various parts of that country, traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred from 1945 through 1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the last part of the nineteenth century. At that time, the peoples of the Dutch East Indies began to translate literature from most places in the world. Siegel discovers in that moment a force within communication more important than the specific messages it conveyed. The subsequent containment of this linguistic force he calls the "fetish of modernity," which, like other fetishes, was thought to be able to compel events. Here, the event is the recognition of the bearer of the fetish as a person of the modern world.The taming of this force in Indonesian nationalism and the continuation of its wild form in the revolution are the major subjects of the book. Its material is literature from Indonesian and Dutch as well as first-person accounts of the revolution.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
Weitere Infos & Material
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Pt. IThe Fetish of AppearanceCh. 1The "I" of a Lingua Franca13Ch. 2What Did Not Happen to Indonesians38Ch. 3Fetishizing Appearance, or Is "I" a Criminal?54Pt. IIRecognitionCh. 4Student Hidjau and The Feeling of Freedom97Ch. 5Scandal, Women, Authors, and Sino-Malay Nationalism115Ch. 6Love Sick, or the Failures of the Fetish and of Translation134Ch. 7The Wish for Hierarchy161Pt. IIIRevolutionCh. 8Collaboration and Cautious Rebellion183Ch. 9Revolution208Epilogue231Notes255
