Book review: Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage by Michael Herzfeld

Blog: LSE Southeast Asia Blog

Abstract

Herzfeld's model of subversive archaism offers us an example of understanding how marginalised groups challenge and subvert authority. Herzfeld is not proposing that any given group needs to fit neatly into the category of subversive archaists, but rather how some groups reach back into the past to offer an alternative future, writes Olivia Porter, reviewing Subversive Archaism: … Continued