The entangled state
Subtitle: sorcery, state control, and violence in Indonesia
By: Nicholas Herriman
Series: Yale Southeast Asia studies -- monograph 62; Monograph series (Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies) -- 62.
Publisher: Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780938692980; 9780938692997
Subjects: Social life and customs; Ethnic conflict; Violence; Conflict management; Description and travel; Social conflict; Political violence; History
Other titles: Entangled state
Description: "For one year, Nicholas Herriman lived in a village in Indonesia, studying the way state officials interacted with local residents. He did so by looking at the problems created by sorcery. Local residents wished to be rid of alleged sorcerers, and sometimes even killed them. This presented a conundrum for state officials, who, generally sympathizing with the plight of the majority of local residents, were constrained by the rule of law. This book describes how state officials responded to the conundrum. Prevailing models of state-society interaction in Indonesia proved inadequate to describe the response, so Herriman's study outlines a different model."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-172).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: State and local community; title: Encountering the state in a rural area; title: Local community, magic, and sorcery; title: Killings of alleged sorcerers; title: Social control meets resistance from below; title: Balai dessa: Challenged sovereignty, contested significance; title: Sorcerer killings in Banyuwangi: A reexamination of state responsibility for violence; title: Conclusion: The entangled state.