This series is dedicated to the proposition that it is no longer valid or profitable to study comparative politics only within an essentially North American- and European-centered frame of reference. Although admittedly more familiar, more comprehensible, and—in the past, at least—closer and more important to us, the political histories, ideologies, and institutions of these areas constitut…
Kuasa-Kata adalah terjemahan dari buku Language and Power: Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia karya Benedict Anderson, seorang ilmuwan politik terkemuka dari Cornell University. Buku ini mengeksplorasi keterkaitan antara bahasa, simbol, dan praktik politik dalam budaya Indonesia. Anderson menelaah bagaimana kekuasaan dimaknai, dikonstruksi, dan dinegosiasikan melalui penggunaan bahasa, m…
An overview of key political ideas that shaped Indonesia during its formative post-independence years. The book analyzes debates on democracy, leadership, constitutional structures, and nation-building expressed by major political figures, parties, and intellectuals. Feith highlights how differing visions—liberal, socialist, nationalist, and guided-democracy perspectives—interacted and comp…
20th Century China by O. Edmund Clubb provides an analytical overview of China’s political, social, and diplomatic developments throughout the twentieth century. Written by a former U.S. Consul General in Peiping, the book offers firsthand insights into the transformation of China from imperial collapse to the rise of the People’s Republic. Clubb examines key events including the fall of th…
This album, published in 1972 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang, commemorates the 60th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Kim Il Sung. It presents photographic and textual materials illustrating the development and significance of the Juche idea, the guiding ideology of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The volume highlights political achievements, social activi…
Juergensmeyer’s book is something of a Gandhian tour de force—a careful analysis and series of applications of Gandhi’s concept of satyagraha to everyday situations of conflict. A crisply written and cogently argued little manual, this book explores the practical implications of satyagraha (truth force). It is a manual of instruction in the best sense: a popular reassessment of Gandhian c…
Leo Goodstadt is uniquely qualified to write an inside report on the crises which have shaken China throughout this decade. He has devoted his entire career since 1962 to research and writing on Chinese events. In this book, he brings together a fascinating account of the background to the collapse of Mao Tse-tung's entourage and of respect for his immediate family within a month of his death i…
This short biography provides an overview of the life, revolutionary activities, and political leadership of Kim Jong Il, highlighting his role in guiding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under the principles of the Juche idea. Published in 2001 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang, the book outlines major events, ideological contributions, and achievements attribut…
This volume presents a historical account of the revolutionary activities of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung. Published in 1983 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang, the book documents key events, ideological development, and leadership achievements that shaped the foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Through narrative descriptions and historical ref…
This volume, The Benevolent Sun: 1. Mt. Paekdu-san Tells, published in 1980 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang, presents ideological narratives centered around Mt. Paektu, a symbolic site in the revolutionary history of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The book offers accounts intended to highlight the historical, political, and cultural significance of the mount…