Knowing Indonesia
Subtitle: intersections of self, discipline and nation
By: edited by Jemma Purdey
Series: Monash Asia series; Monash Asia series
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781921867484
Subjects: Study and teaching; Study skills
Description: This is the first book in almost two decades to bring together scholars of Indonesia from the Australian academy to reflect on and engage in a deep critique of their field, resulting in some divergent views on the fundamental questions of how Indonesia should be studied and the uses of Indonesia knowledge for activism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tertiary/Undergraduate, Postgraduate.
Table of contents: title: Knowing Indonesia from Australia / Jemma Purdey; title: Morally engaged : Herb Feith and the study of Indonesia / Jemma Purdey; title: Ways of knowing Indonesia : the personal journey of an academic and activist / Lea Jellinek; title: (Indonesian) history and its uses : theory, lessons, activism and policy / Robert Elson; title: The politics of studying Indonesian politics : intellectuals, political research and public debate in Australia / Edward Aspinall; title: Contending perspectives in the Australian academy : a view from Indonesia / Bob S. Hadiwinata; title: Finding a middle way : the future of Indonesian studies in the Western Academy / Heather Sutherland; title: Shared problems, shared interests : reframing Australia-Indonesia security relations / Richard Tanter.