Frans Djalong
Peneliti, Penulis, dan Analis Ekonomi Politik, Demokrasi, dan Geopolitik
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a wake-up call: it was time to move past the vision of a post‒Cold War world in which regimes in Moscow and Beijing would become responsible stakeholders in a rules-based international order. What has emerged, instead, is an increasingly contentious world plagued by authoritarian aggression, most dangerously… Baca Selengkapnya
As is traditional, the month of May in Russia is marked by the broad celebrations commemorating the anniversary of the Great Victory. The defeat of Nazi Germany—an achievement to which our country made a decisive contribution, with the support from our Allies—paved the way for the post-war international order, with the UN Charter… Baca Selengkapnya
Multiculturalism and pluralism have occupied central stage in contemporary talk. Comtemporarines of this talk relates to the increasing tension between national and transnational dimensions and sources of identity construction and formation. Quite in contrast with pluralism as political category, multiculturalism seems to be the most debated and contested theoretical and practical project world-wide.… Baca Selengkapnya
Marx’s concept of religion is situated within his philosophy of historical materialism. It means his understanding of religion is integral to his criticism of capitalism that divides society into capitalist class and working class. Religion takes part as legitimation force for reproduction of this exploitative system of life-world that conditions proleteriats to finds… Baca Selengkapnya
Social and political sciences work with variety of typology. This also applies in the study of religion as has been evident in both sociology and anthropology of religion. Typology enables us to understand and analyse human and social reality with all its material and symbolic structure and signification. In undertaking study of religion,… Baca Selengkapnya
Study of religion has two aspects that constitute two separate approaches. First aspect is descriptive, that seeks to study social, economic, and political characteristic of religion as human and social practice, and also as social institution. This aspect looks at religion as social reality comprising of material, practical and symbolic structuring of human… Baca Selengkapnya