A Crazy State
Violence, Psychiatry, and Colonialism in Aceh, Indonesia, ca. 1910-1942
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2842452 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Kloos (0000-0003-1063-2581, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 170 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-65 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-17001003 |
| OpenAlex | W19451943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article investigates the ways in which the Dutch colonial state dealt with a phenomenon known as the Atjeh-moorden (‘Aceh murders’), the persistent suicide-attacks directed at the lives of Dutch residents, committed by Acehnese hoping to become syahid (martyrs to the Islamic faith). Concentrating on the development of colonial psychiatry, and its influence on colonial discourses and practices, I show how Dutch dealings with the Atjeh-moorden were, simultaneously, part and parcel of the construction of an Acehnese subject, and indicative of the administrative ambivalence found in the approach of the colonial state toward violence and criminality
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |