Susan Watkins: Casting Off? How to assess the latest set-back for the European Union: the vote to leave by its second-largest state? Complex determinants of the Brexit protest—party-political contingencies played out against topographies of class and sub-national disaffection—met by single-minded condemnation of it by the global elite. Malcolm Bull: Softening Up the State Wha…
Perry Anderson: The Centre Can Hold How did Emmanuel Macron become President of France virtually overnight? What are the likely consequences of his rule? The long epoch of collusive alternation between Centre-Left and Centre-Right, and its abrupt ending; the realities of Le Pen’s Front National, and the riposte of Mélenchon’s La France insoumise. Has neo-liberalism finally arrived in …
Wolfgang Streeck: The Return of the Repressed Is the long reign of neo-liberalism coming to an end, struck by the untoward blows of Brexit, Trump and spread of populist insurgencies across Europe, as victims of its pattern of globalization start to find a voice? If so, with no radical alternative yet in sight, is a strange interregnum looming, where ‘everything is possible and nothing co…
Apa itu politik? Sejak kapankah tatanan politik muncul? Seperti apakah bentuk pemerintahan yang paling ideal itu? Apa sajakah komponen dari pengetahuan politik? Apakah hubungan antara politik dan etika? Bagaimanakah wacana soal kebebasan muncul untuk pertama kalinya? Itulah sebagian pertanyaan yang diajukan dan diuraikan dalam Sejarah Pemikiran Politik Klasik: Dari Prasejarah Hingga Abad ke-4 M…
"To date, most of the published scholarship on Islamist parties in Indonesia has fallen into two main categories, either single case studies, or articles that assess the grand sweep of Indonesian political parties. While many of those studies are highly insightful and theoretically grounded, comparatively few have succeeded in balancing depth with breadth. This book is impressive for several re…
"This is, quite simply, the best book yet on post-Suharto Indonesia. Mietzner's detailed history of Indonesia's ten-year process of reform includes both a first-rate summary of the literature and much new research. ... this book is now the standard guide to Indonesian politics and a useful addition to the libraries of all students of civil-military relations and democratization more generally. …
Susan Watkins: Oppositions After years of economic crisis and social protest, the cartel parties of the extreme centre now face a challenge to their dominance from outside-left forces in a number of Western countries. Contours of the emergent left oppositions, their platforms and figureheads, from Tsipras to Corbyn, Sanders to Mélenchon, Grillo to Iglesias. Luc Boltanski, Arnaud Esquerre: …
Benedict Anderson: Riddles of Yellow and Red The bitter oppositions of Thai politics can seem strangely lacking in ideological substance. How might they be explained? In one of his last lectures, Benedict Anderson considers a crucial but overlooked factor: divisions within the country’s Sino-Thai communities. Mike Davis: The Coming Desert Episodes from the history of climate science, where…
Dengan menyimak teks monografi ini, para pembaca budiman diharapkan mampu ingat untuk lupa terhadap hal-hal yang sesungguuhnya tidak basic kalau mereka perlu mempercakapkan dan mengusahakan konsesus nasional ketika konflik SARA terlanjur muncul di antara warga masyarakat
Peter Iver Kaufman explores how various Christian leaders throughout history have used forms of 'political theology' to merge the romance of conquest and empire with hopes for political and religious redemption. His discussion covers such figures as Constantine, Augustine, Charlemagne, Pope Gregory VII, Dante, Zwingli, Calvin, and Cromwell. '[An] engaging, ambitious thesis. At a time when the v…
Tim Rumah Film menelusuri berbagai kebijakan perfilman Indonesia dari masa ke masa, juga akibat-akibatnya bagi perkembangan film nasional serta kepentingan publik atas tontonan dari dulu hingga kini. Keadaan masih suram, tapi telusur ini juga menyodorkan pilihan dan usulan
Pada awal berdirinya Orde Baru, musuh besar penguasa ternyata bukan hanya komunisme, melainkan... rambut gondrong! Persoalan yang sepertinya sepele ini ternyata menyita perhatian khusus penguasa. Petinggi militer mengeluarkan radiogram pelarangan rambut gondrong, bahkan Pangkopkamtib bicara mengenainya di TVRI. Instansi publik menolak melayani orang-orang berambut gondrong. Pelajar, mahasi…
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Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century history's bloodiest by far? Why did unprecedented material progress go hand in hand with total war and genocide? His quest for new answers takes him …
Culture and the Public Sphere argues that even in a postmodern world there is a place for value judgements in the arts and seeks to map out a new terrain for policy-oriented cultural studies in education, research and professional practice.
Jim McGuigan challenges the commonly accepted instrumentalist agenda for 'cultural policy studies' and proposes an alternat…
Every dog may have its day, but after over 20 years reporting from countries people barely knew, and cared about even less, correspondent Ahmed Rashid must have thought his had passed him by. Jihad, however, is the deeply impressive and instructive follow-up to his international bestseller Taliban, and in time could well prove equally influential, as in turning his sights to the d…