KBA13 Academy Archive and Library
Books
Books from the personal library, catalogued with LCC, LCSH and BISAC classification.
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BookSaudagar Pariaman: Menerjang Ombak Membangun Maskapai [The Merchant of Pariaman: Braving the Waves to Build a Trading Company]
A biography of Muhammad Saleh Datuk Rangkayo Basa (1841–1921), a Minangkabau merchant from Pariaman, by the Universitas Negeri Padang historian Mestika Zed, with an intr…
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BookFields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Karen Armstrong, the British historian of religion, challenges the assumption that religion has been the principal source of violence in history. Tracing the civilizatio…
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BookHomo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
A sequel to Sapiens, this book by Yuval Noah Harari asks about the direction of humanity after famine, plague, and war have been brought relatively under control. Harari…
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BookFuture Crimes: Inside the Digital Underground and the Battle for Our Connected World
A book by Marc Goodman, a former Los Angeles police officer and cybersecurity adviser to international bodies, on the new face of crime in an interconnected world. Goodm…
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BookChina's Silent Army: The Pioneers, Traders, Fixers and Workers Who Are Remaking the World in Beijing's Image
A journalistic report by two Spanish journalists, Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araújo, the result of travels to more than twenty-five countries in Africa, Central A…
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BookMohammed Arkoun tentang Islam dan Modernitas [Mohammed Arkoun on Islam and Modernity]
A study by Suadi Putro of the thought of Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010), the Algerian-born thinker who taught at the Sorbonne, published by Paramadina. The book introduces …
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BookBali pada Abad XIX [Bali in the Nineteenth Century]
A history book by Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung which, according to its table of contents, discusses the state of Bali on the eve of the nineteenth century, political relatio…
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BookThe Social & Political Thought of Karl Marx
A classic work by the Israeli political scientist Shlomo Avineri (1933–2023) on the social and political thought of Karl Marx, first published in 1968 in the series Camb…
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BookMenggagas Indonesia Masa Depan [Envisioning the Indonesia of the Future]
A book by General (Ret.) H. Djoko Santoso, former Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Panglima TNI), setting out his ideas on Indonesia's future direction…
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BookAbu Habib Muda Seunagan: Republiken Sejati dari Aceh [Abu Habib Muda Seunagan: A True Republican from Aceh]
A biography of Habib Muda Seunagan, also known as Abu Peuleukung, a charismatic ulama from Seunagan, Nagan Raya, Aceh, by Sehat Ihsan Shadiqin, Mukhlisuddin Ilyas, and A…
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BookFalsafatuna: Materi, Filsafat, dan Tuhan dalam Filsafat Barat dan Rasionalisme Islam [Our Philosophy: Matter, Philosophy, and God in Western Philosophy and Islamic Rationalism]
A work by Muhammad Baqir Shadr with the subtitle Materi, Filsafat, dan Tuhan dalam Filsafat Barat dan Rasionalisme Islam (Matter, Philosophy, and God in Western Philosop…
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BookGeger Tengger: Perubahan Sosial dan Perkelahian Politik [Tengger in Turmoil: Social Change and Political Conflict]
A book by Robert W. Hefner on social and political change in Tengger society, with a foreword by Martin van Bruinessen as shown on the cover. The catalogue description i…
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BookMadilog
A work by Tan Malaka that brings together materialism, dialectics, and logic as tools of thinking. The catalogue introduction discusses the framework of the work and its…
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BookThe Religion of Java
A classic work by the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), the result of field research for the Modjokuto Project in the town of Pare, Kediri, East Java …
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BookMir'atuth Thullab fi Tashili Ma'rifati Ahkamisy Syar'iyyah lil Malikil Wahhab (مرآة الطلاب) [The Mirror of Students in Facilitating Knowledge of the Legal Rulings of the Sovereign Bestower]
A transliteration and printed edition, by the Lembaga Naskah Aceh (NASA, Aceh Manuscript Institute), of the kitab Mir'atuth Thullab fi Tashil Ma'rifat al-Ahkam al-Syar'i…
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BookSulalat al-Salatin ya'ni Perteturun Segala Raja-Raja (Sejarah Melayu) [Sulalat al-Salatin, that is, the Genealogy of All the Kings (The Malay Annals)]
A critical edition of Sulalat al-Salatin, better known as Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals), by Tun Seri Lanang (Tun Muhammad), Bendahara (chief minister) of the Johor S…
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BookThe Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims 2020
The 2020 edition of the annual publication The Muslim 500, compiled by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan, containing profiles of the 500 most i…
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BookDosa-Dosa Politik Orde Baru [The Political Sins of the New Order]
A collection of writings by Jeffrey A. Winters, a Northwestern University political scientist known for his study Power in Motion and later Oligarchy, on the political a…
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BookInduk Ilmu Kejawen: Wirid Hidayat Jati [The Mother of Kejawen Knowledge: Wirid Hidayat Jati]
A book by Damar Shashangka, author of the best-selling novel Sabda Palon and a student of Javanese spirituality, presenting a translation of and commentary on the Serat …
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BookNusantara: A History of Indonesia (Wholly Revised Edition)
A classic work by Bernard H. M. Vlekke (1899–1967), a Dutch historian, professor of international political relations at Leiden University and Director of the Netherland…
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BookSejarah Perjuangan Bangsa Melayu: Suatu Penyingkapan Kembali Sejarah Perjuangan Bangsa Melayu menuju Kemerdekaan [The History of the Malay People's Struggle: A Re-examination of the History of the Malay People's Struggle toward Independence]
A book by Ibrahim Mahmood published by Pustaka Antara, Kuala Lumpur, whose cover bears the title Sejarah Perjuangan UMNO (The History of UMNO's Struggle), while its titl…
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BookYusril versus Masyumi: Kritik terhadap Pemikiran Modernisme Islam Yusril Ihza Mahendra [Yusril versus Masyumi: A Critique of Yusril Ihza Mahendra's Islamic Modernist Thought]
A book by Adian Husaini, a Muslim intellectual and dakwah activist who later became known for his studies of Islamic thought and his critique of liberalism, which critic…
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BookThe Just Ruler (al-Sultan al-'Adil) in Shi'ite Islam: The Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence
A study by Abdulaziz Sachedina, professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, of the development of the doctrine of the authority of the jurist (faqih) i…
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BookRisalah Haji (رسالة حج) [A Treatise on the Hajj]
A small kitab (religious book) entitled Risalah Haji in Arabic-Jawi script, with a logo of a crescent moon and a shining star encircling the title, and a black-and-white…
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BookNahwa Tafsir Maudhu'i li Suwar al-Qur'an al-Karim (نحو تفسير موضوعي لسور القرآن الكريم) [Towards a Thematic Exegesis of the Surahs of the Noble Qur'an]
A work by Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali al-Saqa (1917–1996), a prominent Egyptian scholar, preacher, and Islamic reformist thinker and graduate of Al-Azhar, entitled Nahwa …