In this new collection of conversations, conducted in 2006 and 2007, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: Iran’s challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the 2006 U.S. mi…
The work sets the general, historical and social framework in which the Malagasy adventure of a “foreign minority” took place. This book will in fact be about a Sunni Muslim community in Madagascar (a minority compared to the Khodja Shiites), a Creole-speaking community of some six hundred people established for more than a hundred years in Tamatave, the country's first port, capital of the…
The life of this world focuses on the ways in which Muslims in predominantly non-Muslim Thailand have to constantly "negotiate" and "renegotiate" their lives as a minority group. Challenges to their faith and their identity as Muslims abound in Thai society, and through various means of negotiation, Muslims strive to maintain their links to society at the local, national, and global levels.
For anyone interested in understanding the rich networks that operate across Asia—from India to Indochina and the ASEAN states that the greater China trio of the PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and finally the North Asian powerhouse of Japan and Korea.
Buku ini memaparkan data yang semula tersembunyi di relief Karmawibhangga Candi Borobudur. Ternyata pada masa kuno orang Jawa sudah memiliki cara berbusana tersendiri. Ada sistem yang mengatur cara berpakaian anggota keluarga kerajaan, kaum bangsawan, ksatria, petani dan rakyat. Termasuk, apa saja perlengkapan busana yang boleh dipakai dan tidak boleh dipakai. Sistem berpakaian ini benar-benar …
Contents: 1. Thinking differently 2. People are (almost) everything 3. Perception and communication 4. Hard bargainers and standards 5. Trading items of unequal value 6. Emotion 7. Putting it all together : The problem - solving model, etc.
International criminal networks mainly from Latin America and Africa -- some with links to terrorism -- are turning West Africa into a key global hub for the distribution, wholesaling, and production of illicit drugs. These groups represent an existential threat to democratic governance of already fragile states in the sub-region because they are using narco-corruption to stage coups d'état, h…
This book explores women's mobility in particular geographical, social, and cultural contexts. I am captivated by women's travel as a way of opening a space of inquiry about Eastern Indonesia's spatial relations. Examining practices of travel provides insights into contemporary social and cultural processes (Clifford 1997; Kaplan 1996; Tsing 2000). This book emphasizes how travel situates Easte…
Apa yang menyebabkan Bumi menderita, dan bagaima kita dapat memperbaikinya? Orang-orang yang mencemaskan udara dan air, para konsumen yang berharap dapat membuat pilihan-pilihan yang bertanggung jawab di pasar swalayan dan di bilik tempat memberikan suara, para mahasiswa ekonomi bisnis global, yang ingin menghentikan polusi, para aktivis berkemauan keras menentang penghancuran hutan, para pembu…
Asal usul atau sering dikenal dengan kata silsilah bagi seseorang sangatlah penting artinya, terlebih lagi bagi seseorang yang dipandang oleh suatu masyarakat. Sebagai contoh seorang pemimpin pada masa lampau atau kemungkinan zaman sekarang asal usulnya selalu dipersoalkan, jangan sampai seorang pemimpin masyarakat mempunyai leluhur yang mempunyai catatan "hitam". Walaupun belum tentu kalau lel…