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Based on field work done in the early 1960s, James Siegel's \u003ci\u003eThe Rope of God\u003c\/i\u003e, traces the evolution in Islam, in the economy, and in the structure of the family to show how it was that Aceh mobilized itself as a society from the time of the colonial war to the emergence of the republic. At a time when this Indonesian society is once again in movement, this influential study has gained a certain new relevance.\u003cbr\u003eTo bridge this span of time since its initial publication in 1969, Siegel has added two additional chapters to his original volume: one a description of political elements today and the other a previously published piece on Acehnese domestic politics.\u003cbr\u003eImportant when it first appeared, \u003ci\u003eThe Rope of God\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be of enduring importance today and will be warmly welcomed back into print.\u003cbr\u003eJames Siegel is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Cornell University and is the author of \u003ci\u003eNew Criminal Type in Jakarta: A Counter-Revolution Today\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352228335889,"sku":"CIN0472086820G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53370693320977,"sku":"CIN0472086820VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0472086820.jpg?v=1751293156"},{"product_id":"new-criminal-type-in-jakarta-book-james-t-siegel-9780822322412","title":"A New Criminal Type in Jakarta","description":"In A New Criminal Type in Jakarta, James T. 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Because criminal activity has been a sensationalized preoccupation in Jakarta’s news venues and among its people, criminality, according to Siegel, has pervaded the identities of its ordinary citizens. Siegel examines how and why the government, fearing revolution and in an attempt to assert power, has made criminality itself a disturbing rationalization for the spectacular massacre of the people it calls criminals—many of whom were never accused of particular crimes. A New Criminal Type in Jakarta reveals that Indonesians—once united by Sukarno’s revolutionary proclamations in the name of “the people”—are now, lacking any other unifying element, united through their identification with the criminal and through a “nationalization of death” that has emerged with Suharto’s strong counter-revolutionary measures. 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