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15 Jul 2010
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Pierre Marthinus
JAKARTA
Benedict Anderson, one of the worlds best-known US intellectuals,
recently lamented the lack of Indonesian academics courting public
opinion and their failure in seriously challenging anything through
social-political criticism (Bangkok Post, June 28).
This seems to be the case not only in Indonesia, but throughout
Southeast Asia, where notable critics, such as Sulak Sivaraksa in
Thailand, Renato Constantino in the Philippines, and the late Pramoedya
Ananta Toer in Indonesia are left without successors. Andersons latest
criticism of Indonesian academic intellectuals was spot on, deserves
consideration and should not be taken lightly.
Culturally, we need to admit that most of Indonesias top public
universities are still plagued by "old-school" traditions of state-owned
bureaucracy. In contrast to most US private universities, our hidden
curriculum is geared to produce problem solvers, not critical thinkers,
and certainly not future activists.
With an abundance of problem solvers, it is understandable why
Indonesian academics, most notably from Indonesias top universities, hve
obtained increased access to the political elite and mass media to an
extent that is almost unthinkable in the US (.Bangkok Post, June 28).
However, such "access" is consciously being paid for dearly by
politically sacrificing their critical voices as public intellectuals,
allowing them to convey only soft criticism and witty implicit remarks.
Politically, unlike in the US, there is very little room for hostile
criticism from public intellectuals. Despite our democratic rhetoric,
the number of Indonesian political prisoners detained for voicing
dissent toward the governing elite is actually on the rise, while
violence towards the media and their journalists continues unheeded. The
Indonesian Polices over-reaction to investigative reports of corruption
by Tempo magazine showcased the underlying sentiment towards criticism.
While exceptional public intellectuals may chooseto lob harsh criticism,
most academics are not too fond of the idea of writing from jail or
being sent into exile, all the while receiving prestigious international
awards for their work. The majority of academics agree to bow down their
heads and spoon feed the political machinery with their intellectuality,
with some even joining the inner circles of power.
Many Southeast Asian elites learned from the Asian financial crisis of
the late 90s and Chinas political experience that democracy is of
peripheral importance and that high-impact, sound policy, which is often
derived, if not leeched from intellectuals, is the core ingredient for
regime survival. On the other hand, academics have spent the last decade
building trust and cooperation with their government, political, and
military counterparts, believing that it will ensure further political
reform.
The murky waters of political reform have forced Indonesian academics to
choose between becoming critical public intellectuals or obedient policy
architects-cum-advisors, but very rarely both. Just like Hans Christian
Andersens mermaid, intellectuals choose to sacrifice their voices to
gain influence.
Socially, not only the universities, but our timid society is also to
blame for the lack of public intellectuals. It is no secret that foreign
degrees on disciplines, such as business, accounting, finance, and
management top the charts for being "politically safe", which
unfortunately again deprives Indonesia of much needed critical public
intellectuals.
Economically, as academic intellectuals are financially under rewarded,
many creme de la creme Indonesian academics are falling prey to
government policy projects, foreign foundations research interests and
media moguls editorial interests. But lets keep in mind that
intellectuals are able to make an informed decision as to who they
choose to team up-with.
I reflected deeply as Andersons criticism knocked hard on my conscience.
In the West, intellectual commentators are lion tamers armed with sturdy
chairs and strong whips. But in Asia, gently blowing the harmless flute
seems to be the preferred method in persuading a deadly poisonous snake
to dance to the rhythm.
I am not endorsing the "we Asians do it differently from the West"
mentality. However, Southeast Asian elites tend to display fangs and
roar in anger at the very sound of the whip of criticism; a harsh re-
ality that most US intellectuals and universities are not subjected to.
The role that Indonesian intellectuals play today is the result of their
informed decision taken to become "norm entrepreneurs" in the inner
circles of power. Viewing them as coy sheep tricked into servitude is
certainly underestimating their intellectuality. The writer is a
lecturer at the Department of International Relations, the University of
Indonesia.
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Public intellectuals or policy architects. Pierre Marthinus JAKARTA
Benedict Anderson, one of the worlds best-known US intellectuals,
recently lamented the lack of Indonesian academics courting public
opinion and their failure in seriously challenging anything through
social-political criticism (Bangkok Post, June 28). However, such
"access" is consciously being paid for dearly by politically sacrificing
their critical voices as public intellectuals, allowing them to convey
only soft criticism and witty implicit remarks. Many Southeast Asian
elites learned from the Asian financial crisis of the late 90s and
Chinas political experience that democracy is of peripheral importance
and that high-impact, sound policy, which is often derived, if not
leeched from intellectuals, is the core ingredient for regime survival.
The murky waters of political reform have forced Indonesian academics to
choose between becoming critical public intellectuals or obedient policy
architects-cum-advisors, but very rarely both. Economically, as academic
intellectuals are financially under rewarded, many creme de la creme
Indonesian academics are falling prey to government policy projects,
foreign foundations research interests and media moguls editorial
interests.
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