Studies of Indonesian politics have long focused upon the military and the bureaucracy because it is within these institutions that formal power is located, not the parties, unions, chambers of commerce or corporations. However, such an approach can neglect the powerful influences exerted upon the state by social and economic forces. This important and controversial new book examines the way in…
Buku ini menyoroti ilusi-ilusi tentang praksis berekonomi, mulai dari tingkat mikro hingga yang dilakukan oleh negara (pemerintah) yang banyak terperangkap ke dalam jebakan-jebakan yang dibuka oleh ilusi-ilusi itu sendiri. Antara lain, keniscayaan terciptanya kemiskinan dalam sistem yang kapitalistik, terutama dalam praksis paradigmatik ''pasar-bebas''.rnrnBagaimana sebenarnya bangsa kita memil…
Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and th…
Facing global climate crisis, Karl Marx's ecological critique of capitalism more clearly demonstrates its importance than ever. This book explains why Marx's ecology had to be marginalized and even suppressed by Marxists after his death throughout the twentieth century. Marx's ecological critique of capitalism, however, revives in the Anthropocene against dominant productivism and monism. Inves…