in this article, the writer discusses the concept of modernity and its relationship with social movements, as is reflected in classical works on modernity as well as in the contemporary modern political and sociological thoughts. the purpose is not to present a quantitative analysis of the development of the concept of modernity, but to explain the relationship between modernity and political a...

Vertical specialization (VS) trade, trade in goods that incorporate imported inputs, has grown rapidly since the 1960s. While the share of trade in inputs has not increased, the types of inputs traded have shifted from raw materials to manufactured parts. I argue that declining trade costs are an important explanation for these facts. I present a three stage vertical specialization trade model,...

When we had the good fortune to study the Klasies River Mouth Cave remains at the South African Museum in 1989, the isolated partial zygomatic KRM 16651 presented us with a morphometric challenge. The face of the bone appeared quite large, but only a small portion of the inferior border was preserved, and that mostly under the temporal process. No measuring points allowed standard comparisons t...

This article explores enchantments accompanying industrial development and the national discourse of modernity in ecologically fragile swamp landscape Central Kalimantan, situated southern part Indonesian Borneo. Focusing on experiences Ngaju Dayak, a local indigenous group, mass-mediated narratives (national) development, we explore promises anxieties modern schemes that become their everyday ...