Overview
- Argues that the persistence of non-state violence is intricately related to predatory forms of capitalist development
- Shows the need for non-state violence for the capital accumulation process, even if constituting a state of disorder
- Highlights the link between non-state violence and predatory social relationships in the workings of capitalism
Part of the book series: Contestations in Contemporary Southeast Asia (CCSA)
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This book examines the theme of privatised violence in different political settings by focusing on the Indonesian case. It argues that the persistence of privatised violence is not solely related to the historical formation of the institutions of state power and authority; it is also intricately related to predatory forms of capitalist development. Within such contexts, privatised violence is not an obstruction, but instrumental for the capital accumulation process, constituting a state of disorder. The book contributes to understanding not only Indonesia’s privatised violence but also the nature of Indonesian politics and the state.
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Keywords
- Non-State Violence in Indonesia
- State and Primitive Accumulation in Indonesia
- Indonesia’s Predatory Capitalism
- Evolution of Non-State Violence in Indonesia
- Reactionary Politics in Indonesia
- Mobilising Disorganised Urban Poor in Indonesia
- Predatory Alliances in Indonesia
- Reproducing Non-State Violence in Indonesia
- Rural Land Grabbing in North Sumatra
- Gangsters and Local Politics in Indonesia
- Islamisation of Non-State Violence in Indonesia
- Post-Authoritarian Indonesia
- Vigilantism and Politics in Indonesia
- Religious militias in Indonesia
- Indonesia’s Predatory Democracy
- Critical Political Economy of Indonesia
- Islamic Defenders Front
- Pancasila Youth
Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir is an honorary fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, State University of Jakarta.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: State of Disorder
Book Subtitle: Privatised Violence and the State in Indonesia
Authors: Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
Series Title: Contestations in Contemporary Southeast Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3663-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3662-2Published: 28 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3665-3Published: 29 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3663-9Published: 27 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2661-8354
Series E-ISSN: 2661-8362
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 276
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Relations, Asian Politics