Title: Propaganda and the Genocide in Indonesia: Imagined Evil, by Saskia Wieringa and Nursyahbani Katjasungkana. Routledge, 2019. In 1965-66 Indonesia, approximately one million people were murdered and over a million others were imprisoned and tortured. […]
Title: Power, Protection and Magic in Thailand: The Cosmos of a Southern Policemen, by Craig J. Reynolds Canberra: ANU Press, 2019 The trend towards the serious scholarly study of Thailand’s regions is well over four […]
Title: Migrante. by J. W. Henley Manchester: Camphor Press Ltd., 2020 “We are the nameless dead now.” This is Migrante’s refrain all throughout the novel, an extended metaphor that summarizes the existence of Rizal, the […]
Title: Political Theologies and Development in Asia: Transcendence, Sacrifice, and Aspiration. Edited by Giuseppe Bolotta, Philip Fountain and Michael Feener Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020 (171 pages) This book brilliantly contributes to expanding the borders […]
Title: A Long Road Traveled. by Han Hing Quang Stephen Shenfield: http://stephenshenfield.net/places/east-asia/vietnam/213-han-hing-quang-memoir-a-long-road-traveled In Han Hing Quang’s A Long Road Traveled, the reader follows the author and his family through an essential period in modern East […]
The Way of the Cross: Suffering Selfhoods in the Roman Catholic Philippines Julius Bautista Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019 In contemporary scholarship on the sociology of religion, the importance of “everyday religion” is repeatedly […]
Studying Singapore Before 1800 Kwa Chong Guan & Peter Borschberg (Eds.) NUS Press, 2018 In 2019, Singapore celebrated the 200th anniversary of Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival in Singapore. Launched as the “SG Bicentennial”, there was […]
Overflow: A Future History of Manufacturing in China Zhan Shi Citic Press, 2020, 333 pages 施展《溢出：中国制造未来史》出版社: 中信出版集团 The recent and ongoing China-United States trade war is unprecedented in scale. All sorts of knock-on effects have since […]
book 1 Menolak Tunduk: Cerita Perlawanan dari Enam Kota Authors: Aang Ansorudin, Atik Sunaryati, Coeblink, Hera Sulistyowati, Hery Sofyan, Jumisih, Kokom Komalawati, Meen Martani, Mundori, Siti Saroh, Supinah, Sohari Editor: Tim LIPS Publisher: LIPS & […]
Semasa Kecil Di Kampung (In My Village, When I was a Child) Author: Muhammad Radjab Publisher: Balai Pustaka Dan Kepustakaan Popular Gramedia, 230 pages Muhammad Radjab, an Indonesian journalist, was born in the small village […]
Title: ตาสว่าง [Ta Sawang] Author: Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri and Chiara Natalucci Translation (to Thai): Nanthawat Charnprasert Publisher: Reading Italy, 2020 Ta Sawang is a graphic novel by a group of Italian anthropologists. There are […]
Title: The Marawi Siege and Its Aftermath: The Continuing Terrorist Threat Author: Rommel C. Banlaoi Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing; (2019), 148 pages The book is a welcome contribution to the study and appreciation of terrorism […]
Title: Thailand: Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the struggle to remake Indonesia Author: Ben Bland Publisher: Penguin (2020), 192 pages There are two ways to deal with the fact that, six years into his […]
Title: The Rise of Sophisticated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia (Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia) Author: Lee Morgenbesser Publisher: Cambridge University Press, (2020), 75 pages Over the past decade, democracy in Southeast Asia, […]
Title: Thailand: History, Politics and the Rule of Law Author: James Wise Publisher: Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International, (2020), 312 pages Why has Thailand chronically remained mired in instability, continuously struggling to mediate and adjudicate its […]
Title: A Life Beyond Boundaries: A Memoir Author: Benedict Anderson Publisher: Verso Book (2016), 205 pages Known for his trailblazing contribution to nationalism studies, Chinese-Born Benedict Anderson enjoyed a distinguished intellectual career that knew no […]
Title: “Indonesia: Twenty Years of Democracy” Author: James S. Davidson Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018 “Indonesia: Twenty Years of Democracy” (Cambridge University Press, 2018) by Jamie Davidson provides an in-depth analysis of Indonesia’s politics two […]
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