Seberapa pentingkah vaksinasi? Benarkah Bumi itu datar? Apakah telur baik untuk dikonsumsi? Pada era informasi seperti sekarang, yang menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan semacam itu bukan hanya pakar, melainkan juga para penganut teori konspirasi, orang awam sok tahu, hingga pesohor yang menyesatkan. Kadang, dalam rimba informasi masa kini, penjelasan pakar tidak didengar, sementara jawaban dari tok…
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes—and …
Written for undergraduate students with little or no exposure to economics, this introductory textbook offers a new perspective on environmental economics for the 21st century. It explains how economics for a sustainable world requires a new approach: accepting that the economy is intrinsically dependent on nature. Drawing on up-to-date case studies from around the globe, the book examines how …
This groundbreaking open access volume introduces eco-social contracts as a bold and actionable vision for addressing the major, interconnected crises of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, rising inequality, and the erosion of public trust and democratic legitimacy. At its heart lies a fundamental realization that can no longer be ignored: the social contract has been broken for …
Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies and summits, little ever seems to change. Nature is being…
Why the market will never solve the Climate Crisis RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slowly if it is happening at all. As Brett Christophers argues, the problem is rooted in the absurdist nature of capitalist priorities: saving the …
How a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it means to be human In Against the Machine, “furiously gifted” (The Washington Post) novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a wholly original—and terrifying—account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us. With masterful insight into the spiritual and economic roots of techno…
An urgent examination of how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today’s world, creating both opportunity and peril—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning critic and author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth. “In this dazzling and brilliant book, Michiko Kakutani explains the cascading chaos of our …
Apa yg terjadi dengan suara “lokal” ketika globalisasi menyingkap para musisi dan penikmat musik pada pengaruh budaya dari seluruh dunia? Jeremy Wallach menyelidikinya sebagaimana pertanyaan ini “dipermainkan” pada perkembangan eklektik dunia musik Indonesia pasca runtuhnya rezim Soeharto yg represif. Dilatarbelakangi transisi kaotis negara-bangsa Indonesia menuju demokrasi, Wallach mem…
“Hanya pendengar yang dapat mengubah dunia—bukan penampil” Itu adalah kesimpulan instan dari penelitian dalam buku ini. Beberapa ilmuwan percaya bahwa penelitian soal impak dan keberhasilan karya musik menciptakan perubahan perlu lebih berpijak pada audiens. Soni Triantoro mencari kasus-kasus serupa, lalu mencoba mengenali polanya. Menggunakan analisis fenomenologi, ia lantas menel…