Revolusi Rusia adalah ledakan demokrasi massa dari bawah. Revolusi ini mengubah orang-orang yang terlibat dan menginspirasi puluhan juta orang di seluruh dunia. Dampak globalnya mengguncang sistem kapitalis hingga ke fondasinya dan hampir meruntuhkannya. Namun pada akhirnya, gerakan revolusioner dihancurkan oleh teror kontra-revolusioner paling mematikan dalam sejarah. Dan karena sejarah nyata …
Gagasan Green New Deal diluncurkan ke dalam kesadaran publik oleh Anggota Kongres AS Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pada tahun 2018. Mengingat ambisi luas dari nama yang sama, gagasan ini telah menjadi kata kunci di era krisis iklim global saat ini. Namun apa – dan untuk siapa – Green New Deal itu?. Dalam buku yang ringkas dan mendesak ini, Max Ajl memberikan gambaran umum tentang berbagai Green …
Buku ini membahas sejarah pariwisata di Stasiun Aborigin Coranderrk di Healesville, timur laut Melbourne, yang berfungsi sebagai cagar alam pemerintah dari tahun 1863 hingga penutupannya pada tahun 1924. Di Coranderrk, kepentingan misi Aborigin dan pariwisata beririsan dan stasiun tersebut menjadi 'tempat pameran' budaya Aborigin dan kebijakan asimilasi pemerintah. Penduduk Aborigin menanggapi …
Volume ini meneliti South Uist, sebuah pulau kecil di bagian selatan Hebrides Luar. Di tengah pulau terletak kota kecil Bornais. Kota ini mencakup area tanah yang sangat datar, yang berarti bahwa tiga gundukan dapat dilihat dengan lebih jelas. Gundukan ini telah diidentifikasi berasal dari periode Viking, dengan bukti pemukiman pra-Viking di lokasi yang berasal dari pecahan-pecahan dari Zaman B…
Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policya? s uncomfortable effects on their economy and c…
Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policy's uncomfortable effects on their economy and cult…
What does thinking mean in the age of Artificial Intelligence? How is big-scale computation transforming the way our brains function? This collection discusses these pressing questions by looking beyond instrumental rationality. Exploring recent developments as well as examples from the history of cybernetics, the book uncovers the positive role played by errors and traumas in the construction …
What does thinking mean in the age of Artificial Intelligence? How is big-scale computation transforming the way our brains function? This collection discusses these pressing questions by looking beyond instrumental rationality. Exploring recent developments as well as examples from the history of cybernetics, the book uncovers the positive role played by errors and traumas in the construction …
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms due to the degeneration of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra (SNc) with dopaminergic denervation of the striatum. Although the diagnosis of PD is principally based on a clinical assessment, great efforts have been expended over the past two decades to evaluate reliab…
For the production of sugars and biobased platform chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass, the hydrolysis of cellulose and hemicelluloses to water-soluble sugars is a crucial step. As the complex structure of lignocellulosic biomass hinders an efficient hydrolysis via acid hydrolysis, a suitable pretreatment strategy is of special importance.