In our introduction to this special issue, we take stock of where the anthropological literature
on corruption has come and where it might go next. Our goal is neither to provide an …

This article challenges the tendency, both academic and popular, to assign empathy the
status of a virtue. The widespread inclination to associate empathy with the morally and …

The end of authoritarian rule in 1998 ushered in an exhilarating but unsettled period of
democratization in Indonesia. A more open political climate converged with a rapidly …

" Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that
local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of …

The political investors in the regional head election in Indonesia are an interesting
phenomenon to be studied, as not all candidates for regional head, whether governors …

The negative influence of globalization has eroded the values of the Pancasila Ideology as a
character of national identity and is a severe problem in Indonesia. It can be from the violent …

This article develops the argument that blasphemy trials occupy a pivotal role in 'religion-
making'in post-1998 Indonesia. Examining a blasphemy trial on the island of Lombok in …

The notion of social justice has often been overlooked in the field of early childhood
education because many teachers think that it is too early to introduce the concept to young …

Indonesians and Their Arab World explores the ways contemporary Indonesians understand
their relationship to the Arab world. Despite being home to the largest Muslim population in …

The Arab concept al-ghayb refers to the hidden, the unseen, the invisible. The term
encompasses a range of important phenomena in Islam and in the everyday experiences of …