Indonesia out of exile: how Pramoedya's buru quartet killed a dictatorship

In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was This Earth of Mankind. It told the story of the early gestation of the Indonesian national awakening. The dictatorship eventually banned it after several months of tactical struggle by the three men, Pramoedya hi…

The tyranny of merit

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Ed. 1

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9780141991177

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272 p. ; 20 cm

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320 SAN t

Women and work: feminism, labour and social reproduction

Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world women are taking to the streets to protest unfair working conditions, abortion laws, and sexual violence. They are demanding decent wages, better schools and free childcare. But why do some feminists choose to fight for more women CEOs, while others fight for a world without CEOs? To understand these divergent approaches, Susan…

Zaman Peralihan

Zaman Peralihan adalah kumpulan tulisan Soe Hok Gie tentang kondisi Indonesia di era peralihan kekuasaan Soekarno ke Soeharto. Rangkaian sejarah yang menunjukkan pada kita bahwa zaman boleh beralih, namun akar dari semuanya tak boleh tercerabut, yaitu kemanusiaan kita sebagai bangsa. Ini akan menjadi penuntun jalan kita untuk pulang dan mengeja kembali kebangsaan kita di antara carut marut dan …

Authoritarian State: Study and Revision Guide

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9781510432369

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321.9 GRA a

Prisoners of geography: ten maps that tell you everything you need to know ab…

The iconic bestseller - now completely revised and updated

The origins of totalitarianism

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Ed. 1

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9780241316757

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702 p. ; 20 cm

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320 ARE t

Nationalism and ethnic conflict in Indonesia

Since 1998, which marked the end of the thirty-three-year New Order regime under President Suharto, there has been a dramatic increase in ethnic conflict and violence in Indonesia. In his innovative and persuasive account, Jacques Bertrand argues that conflicts in Maluku, Kalimantan, Aceh, Papua, and East Timur were a result of the New Order's narrow and constraining reinterpretation of Indones…

A message from Ukraine

One day soon, loved ones will be together again. Our flag will fly over the occupied cities again. Our nation will be reunited and there will be peace again. And the world will no longer dream in black and white. It will only dream in blue and yellow.

Conditional citizens: on belonging in America

In this brilliantly argued and deeply personal work, Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S.citizen, using her own story as a starting point for an exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accident…