Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Indonesia

Lee Wilson, Ph.D. 2008 (Cambridge) is a research fellow in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. He has published on political conflict and martial arts, and security, civil militarism, politics and power in Indonesia.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceI. From out of the ShadowsII. Bodies of knowledge: the pedagogy of Pencak SilatIII. Blessings, bone setting and the blood of the ancestorsIV. The management of traditionV. From the Mystical to the MolecularVI. Sovereign bodies and the practicalities of powerBibliography

"Lee Wilson’s excellent new book is carefully crafted, ethnographically rich, historically grounded, politically savvy, and theoretically sophisticated. It provides an interesting, insightful, and important re-visiting of classic debates on Power in Southeast Asia. A must-read." – John Sidel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) "Abundant historical, ethnographic, and linguistic observations drive theoretical reflection in this innovative perspective on power in Indonesia. Anyone interested in the politics of bodily practice will find much to consider here." – Harri Englund, University of Cambridge