Culture Book Series
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1. THE MAP OF CIVILIZATION : A GEOCULTURAL SYNTHESIS, 2015
Author : Mira Sartika There is no existing map of civilization one can use as a reference to the pattern of human history. Though repeated, the rise and fall of civilizations are of the same culture but in different nuance. Yet, each civilization has its owned characteristics. For this reason, mapping of civilizations is indeed elementary that people might have overlooked it. The purpose of this book is to map the existing civilization on earth, according to the cultural lines. The map of civilization delineates a geocultural synthesis that can be used not only to find the origin of civilization but also to know the trail of each civilization in the world, the spread and its transformation, and also its connection one another. Ultimately, man is able to build civilization toward perfection. |
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2. CULTURE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : HARMONY THROUGH
DIFFERENCES, 2018 Author : Mira Sartika Today, human knowledge and science have far developed to an unimaginably complex thought close to comprehensive conclusion. Yet, crisis situation in humanity still exists worse than before. It looks like there is in reverse situation to what human had achieved. What is actually happening ? However, the light at the end of tunnel rises up, that is when culture becomes a key in sustainable development. Unfortunately, people just concerned with the role or, strictly speaking, products of culture to yield to nothing but further questions pertaining involution between culture and sustainable development. For that reason, the author presents herein a thorough elaboration on culture, its essence as well as its products in a wide-range scope in postulating conclusive involution as to what culture is, why human needs culture, why culture is underscored as key in human development and how culture embeds in sustainable development. |
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3. CULTURAL GENETICS, 2018
Author : Mira Sartika To bring genetics study to a wholistic perception as well as to the new perspective is the introduction of Cultural Genetics. It involves the understanding of the structural populations, for instance, patriarchy or matriarchy, including historical and geographical origins of the populations not to mention knowledge by culture itself. This new perspective would instilling culture as enricher, enabler and driver in genetics. This is nothing but to discover as to what is genetics in the complexity of life. In order to provide a right course of its development as well as applications in achieving ultimate goals, which is supposed to render significant impact to the society and ecology as a whole. |
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4. PETA PERADABAN : SUATU SINTESA GEOKULTURAL, 2018
Author : Mira Sartika Dengan menggunakan empat metodologi ilmiah yaitu data historis, bukti arkeologi, linguistik dan genetika, penulis mempresentasikan suatu Peta Peradaban yang dirangkum dari rekonstruksi menyeluruh pola sejarah peradaban manusia yang bertumpu pada akar kebudayaannya. Peta Peradaban dapat digunakan bukan hanya untuk menemukan asal mula peradaban, tetapi juga untuk mendefinisikan kebudayaan dasar dari peradaban-peradaban di dunia, jalur-jalur penyebarannya, transformasinya, juga hubungan satu dengan lainnya. Rekonstruksi menyeluruh tentang sejarah manusia ini menjadi penting agar dimasa yang akan datang umat manusia mampu membangun peradaban menuju kesempurnaan. |
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