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Raden Saleh: Colonial-Era Collaborator?
Raden Saleh was not a nationalist or a revolutionary, let alone a radical. Today we might call him a propagandist.
Edisi Monday, February 23, 2026
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Amor Mundi
Love for humanity, as Hannah Arendt advised, keeps the world alive. It is the control center of the universe.
Edisi Monday, February 16, 2026
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Franciscans
Franciscans are the structural antithesis of homo sacer, those who constantly live in tension.
Edisi Monday, February 9, 2026
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Infrastructures of Impunity
Rulers legitimize their power with an affect of fear, creating infrastructures of impunity.
Edisi Monday, January 26, 2026
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Anachronism
A story must have an ending, a final page, so that life does not become boring. Anachronism becomes romantic.
Edisi Monday, January 19, 2026
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We Are Archives
Digital violence on social media has the power to destroy one’s future. There needs to be a “right to be forgotten.”
Edisi Monday, January 5, 2026
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Year’s End
Humans can explore the future. In the film The Great Flood, that cyclical time is depicted as real.