Awalnya ia dipanggil Aristocles, kemudian ia diberi nama Plato karena sosoknya yang kuat. Setelah kematian Socrates, ia menarik diri ke Megara dan berlindung dengan Euclid, tetapi ia lekas kembali ke Athena. Dikatakan oleh para penulis biografi bahwa ia telah melakukan perjalanan ke Kirene, Italia, dan Mesir. Kisah-kisah itu sulit dipastikan karena Plato sendiri tak pernah berkisah tentangnya. …
Buku ini dimaksudkan untuk memberikan kepada peminat sejarah, baik para mahasiswa maupun khalayak ramai, gambaran tentang sejarah sebagai sebuah pemikiran dan juga sejarah sebagai hasil rekonstruksi masa lampau bangsa Indonesia oleh para penulis Indonesia sendiri dengan harapan dapat menjadi contoh kongkrit tentang gagasan atau konsep sejarah dan bentuk dari hasil rekonstruksi masa lampau.
'Value' seems like an elusive and abstract concept. Nonetheless, notions of value underpin how we understand our lives, from discussions about the economic contribution of different kinds of work and productive activity, to the prices we pay for the things we consume. So what is value, and where does it come from? In this new book, Frederick Harry Pitts charts the past, present and future of…
This book discusses nationalism in relation to human nature and human society. The book consists of eight chapters about the structure and forms of national consciousness, the relations between race, language, and religion, the national territory, the national state and the national will and character, the social backgroundof modern nationalism, political thought and national ideology. This boo…
This book discusses the Soviet cultural diplomacy to facilitate Soviet foreign policy objectives. The book consists of Soviet cultural diplomacy and East-West relations, Soviet culrueal diplomacy under Lenin and Stalin, change and continuity in post-Stalin policy, barriers and controls of cultural diplomacy, guided and misguided patterns of communication, organization and training, cultural str…
This book discusses political parties in terms of patterns and problems of major party systems in a period before World War I until the end of World War II and beyond. The book consists of 63 chapters divided in 12 parts about the democratic party systems in Great Britain (Conservative Party and Labor Party), the Commonwealth countries (Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand), the Fre…
This book is a research and analysis of forced labor and slavery in USA by Andre G. Caranfil, Jan Hajdukiewicz, Jaromir Ledecky , Fred S. Pisky, L. A. D. Dellin, and Dragos D. Kostich. It contains explanation of the introductions of forced labor in the "People's Democracies", the cloack of legality, the system in operation: the transitional phase to 1953, the "New Course" amnesties, the New Sla…
This book starts with discussing how people think about the world affairs and diving into the origins, forms, forces, and prospects of international affairs. It contains 14 chapters explaining state systems of the past, the dawn of the Western state system, world powers and world wars, how states negotiate, how states settle disputes, order among nations, the politics of power, the way of nati…
This book discusses the international concern regarding human rights and the role of the United Nations to human rights. It contains 4 chapters about expanding international concern with human rights, the attempt to define human rights, special activities to foster human rights, and efforts to deal with violations of human rights. This book is suitable for research in humans rights, the Unit…
This book discusses the international concern regarding human rights and the role of the United Nations to human rights. It contains 4 chapters about expanding international concern with human rights, the attempt to define human rights, special activities to foster human rights, and efforts to deal with violations of human rights. This book is suitable for research in humans rights, the Unit…
The presence of turbulence in multiple sectors,especially in food,fuel, and finance. New ways of conducting development evaluation are needed,including more integrated approaches,increased stakeholder participation,better capacity building, and more effective implementation of the emerging paradigm of national monitoring and evluation systems.