This open access book explores China's unique path to modernization, highlighting its journey from ancient civilization to modern society. It examines China's efforts from the mid-19th century's internal and external struggles to its contemporary economic achievements. The book covers historical, social, and economic aspects, emphasizing the balance between autonomous development and global int…
Studi ini menyelidiki peran narasi yang terintegrasi dalam Punica karya Silius Italicus, sebuah epik dari akhir abad pertama Masehi tentang Perang Punic Kedua (218–202 SM). Pada pandangan pertama, narasi ini tampak 'terintegrasi' dengan agak longgar dalam epik, memiliki alur sendiri dan terletak di waktu atau tempat yang berbeda dari narasi utama. Namun, pengamatan lebih dekat mengungkapkan b…
This open access book is designed to enhance ocean literacy through diverse research, educational and interdisciplinary approaches. It focuses on a number of critical themes, including: an exploration of positionality, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging one’s own perspective in ocean-related research and advocacy; the nuances of trans-cross and interdisciplinarity in ocean studies, a…
This open access book explains why southern European countries with significant Muslim communities have experienced few religiously inspired violent attacks – or have avoided the kind of securitised response to such attacks seen in many other Western states. The authors provide a unique contribution to the literature on violent extremism – which has traditionally focused on countries such a…
Filologi ada di mana-mana dan tidak ada di mana-mana di Asia Selatan klasik. Sementara peradabannya memiliki alat dan metode analisis teks, interpretasi, dan transmisi yang sangat canggih, mereka tidak memiliki rasa tentang proyek disipliner atau intelektual bersama yang menyatukan ini; bahkan mereka tidak memiliki kata untuk 'filologi' sama sekali. Dengan alasan bahwa genre pseudepigrafis sepe…
This open access book provides detailed information on informal credit markets in Africa and how various legal systems affect these markets. Laws that impose strict formalism exclude many people from the financial system. The lessons learned from the informal credit markets in Ethiopia and South Africa indicate that pluralism offers better opportunities for people to access affordable and susta…
Metafisika Kerjasama menyajikan pencapaian intelektual sosial demokrat Polandia dan pelopor ilmu sosial, Edward Abramowski. Volume ini dibagi menjadi lima bagian, masing-masing berisi analisis terhadap karya filsuf Polandia menurut isu-isu yang dia tangani: sosiologi, etika, politik, kooperativisme, dan psikologi. Setiap bagian juga mengandung pilihan tulisan-tulisannya. Tujuannya adalah untuk …
This Brief develops the necro-president as a figure through which the collapse of American political life becomes visible. In our present moment of political upheaval, the necro-president reflects how death, not law or the people, has come to shape the meaning of the presidency. The office, once imagined as a source of vitality and democratic promise, now signals exhaustion, spectacle, and s…
This open access book provides a topical overview of education, development plans, the knowledge economy, and human development in the State of Qatar, focusing on socio-political and cultural challenges, from a policy perspective. It describes the ecosystem of education and its features, impacts, and the factors that facilitate or inhibit its current shape and development, including the pendulu…