Chung Kuo is the epic story of this "War of Two Directions" - a grand conflict between the Western idea of progress and the Eastern belief in stability. In its pages we follow the fortunes of four young men from all walks of Chung Kuo society - from the son of a T'ang to a slave born in the rubble beneath the city's foundations - and it is their strengths, dreams, passions, and struggles that m…
In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guid…
The novel centers on the Noli-El fili duology's main character Crisóstomo Ibarra, now returning for vengeance as "Simoun". The novel's dark theme departs dramatically from the previous novel's hopeful and romantic atmosphere, signifying Ibarra's resort to solving his country's issues through violent means, after his previous attempt in reforming the country's system made no effect and seemed i…
This book contains: 1. Opening the conference 2. Towards the world of hegemony 3. The subjective limits of hegemony 4. Hegemony and the return of difference 5. Dialogue, distance and voicing 6. The emerging identitarian logics 7. Identity and representation in the age of hegemony
Daftar isi: 1. Catatan dan renungan tentang Daoed Joesoef 2. Renungan dan kajian tentang pendidikan 3. Renungan dan kajian tentang masyarakat 4. Renungan dan kajian tentang keadilan dan hukum dan lain-lain.
Kenapa buku humor Presiden Abdurrahman Wahid begitu disukai? Mungkin karena keunikannya: sebuah kumpulan lelucon oleh dan tentang seorang kepala negara. Ini pasti hanya terjadi di Indonesia. Tepatnya: pasti hanya terjadi pada seorang presiden yang bernama Abdurrahman Wahid alias Gus Dur
It is a much-needed one that brings together a body of important material. In many ways, the author is in a unique position - She knows the literary context, the social backdrop, and the theoretical framework. Her use of theory is rigorous, well informed, and very persuasive.
This book is about one year of Azerbaijan with facts, events, and comments.
Regarded as a classic of Western Literature, Don Quixote is the most translated book in the world. Revolving around the life of a middle-aged gentleman Don Quixote, this book is a parody of chivalric romance. Earnestly following ideal chivalry described in books, the author caricatures Alonso Quixano who sets out on his old horse Rocinante, as a knight, in search of glory and grand adventure…
Azadeh Moaveni, longtime Middle East correspondent for Time magazine, returns to Iran to cover the rise of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Living and working in Tehran, she finds a nation that openly yearns for freedom and contact with the West but whose economic grievances and nationalist spirit find an outlet in Ahmadinejad’s strident pronouncements. And then the unexpected happens: Azadeh f…