Abstract
This paper explores the imaginations of Asia, the West and various self-conceptsin contemporary, post-Reformasi Indonesia. Departing from aproblematization of the underlying concepts in recent social science literature,the author asks how Indonesians construct their moral order and their sense ofSelf, ‘Asia’ or ‘the East’ by constructing a Westerncounterpart. This question is traced with respect to various religious andspiritual orientations and to Indonesian popular culture. Finally, relocatedorientations towards other imagined centres in the Global South and East areconsidered as potential indicators of an increasingly decentred world. The studyis grounded in empirical fieldwork with people from various walks of life indifferent regions of Indonesia.
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