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East Timor, René Girard and Neocolonial Violence Violence, Desire, and the Sacred Series Editors Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Volumes in the series Vol. 1. Girard’s Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Vol. 2. René Girard and Sacrifice in Life, Love, and Literature edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Vol. 3. Mimesis, Movies, and Media edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Vol. 4. René Girard and Raymund Schwager: Correspondence 1974–1991 edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge, and Mathias Moosbrugger Vol. 5. Mimesis and Atonement: René Girard and the Doctrine of Salvation edited by Michael Kirwan and Sheelah Treflé Hidden Vol. 6. Möbian Nights: Literary Reading in a Time of Crisis by Sandor Goodhart Vol. 7. Does Religion Cause Violence?: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Religion in the Modern World edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge, and Carly Osborn Vol. 8. Mimetic Theory and Film edited by Paolo Diego Bubbio and Chris Fleming Vol. 9. Mimesis and Sacrifice edited by Marcia Pally Vol. 10. Violence in the Name of God by Joel Hodge Vol. 11. Tragic Novels, the American Dream and René Girard by Carly Osborn Vol. 12. East Timor, René Girard and Neocolonial Violence by Susan Connelly East Timor, René Girard and Neocolonial Violence Scapegoating as Australian Policy Susan Connelly BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA 29 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland BLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in Great Britain 2022 Copyright © Susan Connelly, 2022 Susan Connelly has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. For legal purposes the Acknowledgements on pp. x–xii constitute an extension of this copyright page. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Connelly, Susan, author. Title: East Timor, René Girard and neocolonial violence : scapegoating as Australian policy / Susan Connelly. Description: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. | Series: Violence, desire, and the sacred ; vol. 12 | Revision of author’s PhD thesis. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021038568 (print) | LCCN 2021038569 (ebook) | ISBN 9781350161474 (hardback) | ISBN 9781350161481 (pdf) | ISBN 9781350161498 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Girard, René, 1923-2015. | Imitation. | Desire. | Violence. | Australia–Foreign relations–Timor-Leste. | Timor-Leste–Foreign relations–Australia. | Australia–Foreign relations–Indonesia. | Indonesia–Foreign relations–Australia. Classification: LCC DU113.5.T56 C66 2022 (print) | LCC DU113.5.T56 (ebook) | DDC 327. 5987094–dc23/eng/20211027 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021038568 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/202103856. ISBN: HB: 978-1-3501-6147-4 ePDF: 978-1-3501-6148-1 eBook: 978-1-3501-6149-8 Series: Violence, Desire, and the Sacred Typeset by Newgen KnowledgeWorks Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com and sign up for our newsletters. ‘Crucify him!’ ‘Why?’ Pilate asked them, ‘What harm has he done?’ (Mk 15.13b-14) vi Contents Map of East Timor viii List of illustrations ix Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 1 A new way of seeing: Mimetic theory 11 2 Australian identity and relationships 21 3 World War II 41 4 The Indonesian invasion of East Timor 65 5 The occupation of East Timor 93 6 Collapse and resurgence 125 7 Solidarity and conversion 143 Afterword 171 Appendix: René Girard at a Glance 173 Glossary of Key Girardian Terms 176 Notes 185 Bibliography 219 Index 235 Figure 1 Map of East Timor in relation to Indonesia and Australia. Wikimedia Commons. Illustrations 1 Map of East Timor in relation to Indonesia and Australia viii 2 Timorese people supported Australian soldiers during World War II 54 3 Australian soldiers and Timorese friends 56 4 John ‘Paddy’ Kenneally and Rufino Alves Correia 63 5 Starving Timorese children in Laga, East Timor 96 6 Starving Timorese children in Laga, East Timor 97 7 Laurentino Pires and Rob Wesley-Smith on ‘Radio Maubere’ 152 8 Timorese students at a rally in Dili 154 9 Various religious sisters at a demonstration in support of East Timor 157 10 A gathering of Australian prime ministers and foreign ministers 161 11 Alexander Downer giving advice to Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri 162
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