Ideology Research Articles

Optimal design and performance analysis of secure estimator for cyber‐physical systems against deception attacks

AbstractCyber‐physical systems (CPSs) are increasingly vulnerable to the threat from malicious adversaries owing to the deep integration of networks and facilities; therefore, CPSs' security against cyber attacks has attracted extensive attention. The deception attack is one of the typical cyber attacks targeting CPSs, and a deception attack mode is established to describe the simultaneous occurrence of actuator and sensor attacks in this paper. Compared with single‐target deception attacks with constant value, the designed attack mode that can describe deception attacks against multiple components and embedded random characteristics has higher applicability in practical engineering processes. To counter such attack behavior, a secure estimator is proposed based on the ideology of augmented state to achieve the optimal design of secure state estimation and deception attack identification. Taking the energy shortage problem of CPSs into account, a novel event‐triggered communication mechanism is introduced on the basis of measurement residuals to improve resource efficiency by reducing low‐value information transmission. The communication scheme and the augmented state estimator are co‐designed by adopting the implicit information of the event‐triggered mechanism. Then, the performance of the co‐designed estimator is analyzed by the upper bound of the estimation error covariance matrix. Besides, the reconciliation between estimation performance and communication energy consumption is achieved by the derivation of Pareto equilibrium. Finally, applications of our approaches to a 3D target tracking system are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Nostalgia in Life Writing: Tracing the Uses of Nostalgia in Select Holocaust Trauma Memoirs

The article seeks to develop a theoretical analysis and interpretation of the role of nostalgia in German Holocaust memoirs. The intervention of advertising by appropriating nostalgia into marketing has led to an effacement of ‘algia’ or the pain that nostalgia implicates. The modern perception of nostalgia as a positive emotion has affected the idea of yoking nostalgia to traumatic experiences. The current paper analyses whether nostalgia plays a conspicuous role in the trauma narratives of Holocaust survivors. The paper is divided into three sections: first, an overview of the term ‘nostalgia’ through the ages is attempted to comprehend the problem of attaching nostalgia to trauma narratives. Second, textual analysis of The Boy on the Wooden Box (2013) by Leon Leyson and I will Plant you a Lilac Tree (2005) by Laura Hillman is undertaken to establish the presence of nostalgia in the narratives. Third, the major uses of nostalgia in the select texts are condensed into five categories: nostalgia functions as a tool of Ideological State Apparatus (ISA), relieves survival anxiety, improves resolute decisions, aids in preserving nostalgic objects and operates as an intermediary between individual and collective memories in the primary texts. Svetlana Boym’s binary classification of nostalgia is applied to the texts to provide an insight into the nature of nostalgia invoked. The study concludes that restorative nostalgia disrupts progress but augments the nostalgic individual’s determination to survive and recreate the perfect past. Reflective nostalgia provides the awareness that the past is irrevocable, and that change is inevitable.

Linguistic landscaping from above in China: scale-making and language ideologies

Abstract The sociolinguistics of mobility is one of Jan Blommaert’s significant theoretical legacies vis-à-vis language interactions in the age of globalization. This paper investigates the mobilization of English as a semiotic resource in the public space of Chinese cities to reveal how the process of linguistic landscaping rescales English in China’s layered language regime. In the three investigated cities in eastern China, the English language has been conceptualized as a symbol of internationalization, and the affective potentials of English signs turn the cities into spaces of friendliness. I argue that the visual bilingualism for internationalization purposes is loaded with state ideologies, and English semiotization in the urban space demonstrates the state’s keenness for international recognition and integration into the global world. Inherent in this linguistic landscaping process are Englishization as internationalization ideology, standard language ideology, and linguistic purism ideology. While the translocal status of English in the world language system serves to upscale the cities to a higher scale level, the valorization of English in the official domain also reinforces the hegemonic power of English in the indexicality order, marginalizing social groups with limited English literacy. Thus, a critical, dialectical lens is needed to analyze the role of English in top-down linguistic landscaping.

Still the “Opium of the Masses”? Religion and Labour Struggles in Indonesia

The article links the literatures on Indonesian democracy, Islamic politics, and labour struggles through developments and contradictions in the sphere of ideology. It maintains that there is a continuing marginalisation of labour as a social force in Indonesia despite earlier victories in the democratic era. This marginalisation can be understood not just through the specific constellation of social power intrinsic to Indonesian capitalism but also to a related process of “religionisation,” characterised by the growing piety of Indonesian workers. Labour subordination has merged with the logic of the state ideology of Pancasila and with prevalent articulations of Islamic doctrine, posing internal obstacles to the growth of a robust labour movement. The analysis is based on recent fieldwork in the Javanese “heartland.”

Censorship of the Soviet Union in Kazakhstan

Relevance. The relevance of this article is condtioned upon the study of the mechanism of censorship of the Soviet Union as a factor of distortion of the historical reality of Kazakhstan during the Soviet period and the need in the conditions of independence of Kazakhstan to restore its authentic history. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the mechanism of censorship of the Soviet Union in Kazakhstan. Methodology. The leading method to study this problem is the ideographic method, which allows reconstructing the phenomenon of censorship in the Soviet period and to investigate it comprehensively, studying the mechanism of censorship simultaneously in the Soviet Union as a whole, and in Kazakhstan as one of its republics, in particular. Both in the theoretical and empirical part of the study, analysis and synthesis were used as necessary general scientific methods. To organise the information obtained during the analysis of archival documents, the method of systematisation was used. Results. The article suggested a classification of censorship by the type of information to which it is applied; the penalties applied to "violators" of censorship in the USSR are determined; 578 documents from four archival collections of Russia and Kazakhstan containing data on the period of development of Soviet censorship in Kazakhstan are selected and examined; the main directions that fell into the hands of archival sources are established under the censorship of the Soviet Union in Kazakhstan. Conclusions. The materials of the article can become the basis for further research in the field of history, political science, etc., devoted to the study of censorship in Kazakhstan, both exclusively during the Soviet Union, and when comparing various historical stages. The results obtained in the course of the study can be used in universities of Kazakhstan in the preparation of classes in history, political science, etc. Keywords: total control; totalitarian regime; prohibition; state ideology; archival data

The Reich Chamber of Culture: Ideology, Structure and Interaction With an Artist in the Third Reich

The presented article aims to analyse the activities of one of the key management structures in the Third Reich, the so-called Reich Chamber of Culture. The main focus is placed on such aspects as the ideological influence of culture and the formation, through culture, of a united and consolidated "spirit of the nation". It is argued that the foundation of notions propagated by Nazi ideologists lied in the philosophical tradition of understanding the values and significance of German culture, which supported the perceived uniqueness of the "national cultural spirit". The article delves into the organisational mechanisms of control over cultural processes in the Third Reich. A special attention is given to exploring how the complex bureaucratic apparatus that amalgamated seven chambers would control literally all spheres of culture — from book publishing to cinema, from amateur groups to professional theatres and concert halls. Interaction with artists became one of the principal methods of cultural consolidation for the Reich Chamber of Culture under the Nazi regime. All artists, except for those of Jewish origin, were obliged to join the Reich Chamber of Culture; otherwise, they were barred from conducting their professional activities. Accordingly, based on typical examples of how individual artists were able to fare in their creative activities, the article discusses various ways of artists’ interaction with the totalitarian regime — from cooperation to cultural resistance and creativity in exile — and outlines the key models of such interaction. In conclusion, the author points out to the strategic nature of the Reich Chamber of Culture in the Nazi policies, its orientation towards diversifying the forms in which the regime’s goals were to be implemented through the extensive bureaucratic system, of the kind specially built to transmit state ideology

A promise of ‘The Good Place’: Dystopia in Kate Wilhelm’s The Funeral and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.

Dystopia which is presumed to be the antonym of the word utopia instigates the idea that a given society is governed by a totalitarian regime in which constructs fear and anxiety to its people. In many dystopian texts, the main aim of the rulers is to create a better world according to their own ideologies by believing that they are creating a ‘utopia’. This conviction divides society into two; the ones who join the cause and the ones who are against it. However, the most loyal to the cause are the creators of the so called ‘utopia’ and the ones who are afraid to die. As a result, the promise of ‘the good place’ triumphs only to establish a community that is portrayed as oppressed with constant unhappiness. This article analyses both the individuals and the dystopian society while taking into consideration dystopian elements like totalitarian regime and fear, pseudo-utopia, and division in society that takes place in the short story The Funeral (1972) by Kate Wilhelm and the novel Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro. The purpose of this article is to investigate the concept of dystopia in these texts by engaging Adorno and Horkheimer’s ‘administered world’, Plato’s ‘social classes’, Louis Althusser’s ‘interpellation’ and ‘Repressive State Apparatus’ along with his ‘Ideological State Apparatus’, Mihail Bakhtin’s ‘authoritative language’, and finally Michel Foucault’s ‘carceral society’ in connection with Jeremy Bentham’s ‘panopticon’.

ISLAM AND STATE IDEOLOGY: MASYUMI’S EXPERIENCE IN INDONESIAN POLITICS

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the history of Indonesian politics, the Indonesian Islamic party, Masyumi, has made efforts to propose Islam as the basis of the state at the beginning of an independent Indonesia. Method: A descriptive qualitative approach is employed to examine that used is history persfective based on history data. Result: Masjumi's struggle to make Islam the basis of the country was rejected by groups who supported Pancasila as the state ideology. Conclusion: The findings reveal that Islamic political parties have consistently been perceived as unpopular, The struggle to establish Islam as a state has not only been challenged but has also marginalized the power controlled by President Sukarno. Originality/value:This paper gives valuable reference to political elite parties to consider the adoption of policy based on history of partners and conflict management in the construction political institution in Indonesian politics. The work produced by the Islamic ideology political party of Masyumi concerned. Self-made, distinctive and personal and the work created is self-produced without quoting, copying, or plagiarism of other people's work.

Gendered community-based waste management and the feminization of environmental responsibility in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia

This article investigates gender dynamics in the practices of community-based waste management in households and local communities in the Greater Jakarta region of Indonesia, using a Feminist Political Ecology framework. We argue that community-based waste management, which was established as a decentralized waste management system, reinforces gender inequality by relying on women feeling responsible for waste management in their homes and communities and doing related care work. While our focused ethnographic studies in Bogor District, Tangerang City, and Depok City in 2021–2022 found diverse local waste management systems involving both formal and informal enterprises, the practices across these sites were clearly gendered, with women engaged in underpaid care work. We trace this gendered division of labor to the continued influence of ibuism, the ideology of the Indonesian state that deems women responsible for household and community hygiene, in effect feminizing environmental responsibility. We argue that, to become truly sustainable, waste management practices must be designed with men and women in communities, and address various forms of gender inequality and the gendered impact of community waste practices on health.

Locating the Subject in Postmodern State: A Critique of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day

A British novelist of Japanese origin, Kazuo Ishiguro explores the social and political atmosphere of England that unsettled the nation in the decade after World War I. He brings to notice the significant role of an individual’s inner emotional dilemma of the professional self. This paper then offers a close reading of Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day (1989), exploring the discourse of the subject within a social, political and ideological framework that constructs the concept of selfhood. This play of socio-political ideologies includes subjects that are no more than cultural performances. Centring on Ishiguro’s exploration of this decentred subject, this paper scrutinises the symbolic link between the protagonist Stevens’s selfhood caused by self-deception or the ideological state apparatus and fictional world leaders’ discourse on professionalism. From this viewpoint, the main objective of the paper is to uncover how Ishiguro’s work dramatises the transformation of the modernist preconstituted subject into the postmodernist decentred subject.

Juridical Analysis of The Role of The Gegana Datasemen of The Brimob Unit of The Riau Police in Countering Criminal Acts of Terrorism

The criminal act of terrorism is a serious crime that endangers the state ideology, state security, state sovereignty, human values ​​and various aspects of social life so that its eradication needs to be carried out in a specific, planned, directed, integrated and sustainable manner. The Datasemen Gegana Brimob unit is a certain police unit that has the agility to carry out political actions in creating order and security in society, especially in terms of countering the threat of terrorism. This study aims to conduct an analysis of the role of the Riau Islands Police Mobile Brigade Unit Datasemen in combating terrorism crimes with a research study at the Satbrimob Polda Riau Islands Province-Batam. This study analyzes the dimensions of legal regulation and the constraints and solutions. This study uses a descriptive method by using a normative approach (legal research) to obtain secondary data and an empirical approach (juridical-sociological) to obtain primary data through field research (field research). Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the role of the Riau Islands Police Mobile Brigade Unit Datasemen in overcoming terrorism crimes has not been maximized. The Datasemen of Brimob Polda Kepri have constraints of limited funds and lack of personnel in carrying out countermeasures for criminal acts of terrorism.

Empowering middle-aged women? A discourse analysis of gendered ageing in the Chinese television reality show sisters who make waves

ABSTRACT Sisters Who Make Waves is a popular Chinese reality show that affirmatively centres “middle-aged” women. Given its popularity and positive framing, the show has significant potential to shape Chinese discourses of gendered aging. To examine this potential, we performed a discourse analysis on Season 2 of Sisters Who Make Waves, identifying its discursive constructions of gendered aging; the subject positions within these discourses; and the rhetorical strategies interpellating the viewer to identify with these subject positions. Three discourses were evident: (1) “age is a problem for women” (an account articulated only to be refuted), (2) “age is a problem only if you let it;” and (3) “hyper resilience” (an expectation of psychological resilience in the face of severe challenges). Reading this analysis through the lens of a postfeminist sensibility, we show how the affirmative potential of Sisters Who Make Waves is undercut with the show’s entanglement of empowerment with regulation and synergies between postfeminist feeling rules and Chinese state ideology of Positive Energy 正能量.

The Dark Side of Indonesia’s Democracy: Does Pancasila still hold influence?

Indonesia's transition to democracy has been celebrated globally, yet beneath the surface lies a complex interplay between democratic principles and the enduring influence of Pancasila, the state ideology. This paper delves into the less-explored facets of Indonesia's democracy, probing whether Pancasila still exerts significant influence in shaping the country's political landscape. The analysis begins by contextualizing Indonesia's democratic journey, tracing its evolution from the authoritarian era to the present. It then examines the foundational principles of Pancasila and their historical significance, emphasizing its role as a unifying force amidst Indonesia's diverse socio-cultural landscape. Drawing on recent political developments, the paper investigates instances where Pancasila's influence intersects with democratic ideals, as well as instances where tensions arise. It explores how Pancasila has been invoked both to promote national unity and to justify restrictions on dissent and minority rights. Furthermore, the paper assesses the implications of Pancasila's enduring influence on Indonesia's democratic governance, particularly in relation to issues of political pluralism, freedom of expression, and minority rights. It highlights the challenges of reconciling Pancasila's collectivist ethos with democratic principles of individual rights and freedoms. Through this analysis, the paper contributes to a deeper understanding of Indonesia's democracy by shedding light on its complexities and contradictions. It underscores the need for critical reflection on the role of Pancasila in shaping democratic norms and practices, urging for a nuanced approach that upholds democratic principles while honoring Indonesia's unique socio-cultural heritage.

Translating Global Environmental Constitutionalism in the Indonesian Context: Pancasila vs. Liberalism

The translation of global environmental constitutionalism into local contexts presents a complex interplay between universal principles and indigenous values. This paper investigates this dynamic within the Indonesian context, juxtaposing the principles of Pancasila, the state ideology, with liberal environmental constitutionalism. While global environmental constitutionalism emphasizes individual rights, liberal democracy, and market mechanisms, Pancasila is rooted in collective welfare, harmony, and indigenous cultural values. The analysis begins by delineating the core tenets of liberal environmental constitutionalism, highlighting its focus on individual rights to environmental protection and the centrality of democratic governance. It then contrasts these principles with the philosophical underpinnings of Pancasila, which prioritize collective well-being, socio-cultural harmony, and state intervention for sustainable development. Furthermore, the paper examines the implications of translating liberal environmental constitutionalism into the Indonesian context. It identifies potential points of convergence and divergence between liberal ideals and Pancasila-based governance structures. Challenges such as reconciling individual rights with collective welfare, integrating indigenous knowledge into environmental policymaking, and navigating the tensions between state intervention and market mechanisms are discussed. Through this analysis, the paper contributes to the ongoing discourse on global environmental constitutionalism by emphasizing the importance of contextual adaptation. It underscores the need for flexible frameworks that accommodate diverse cultural, political, and economic realities. Ultimately, it argues for a nuanced approach that recognizes the value of both universal principles and indigenous wisdom in shaping effective environmental governance systems within specific national contexts.

Motherhood – The Quiet Rebellion of Utopia in Megan Hunter’s The End We Start From

The blurring of the boundaries between utopia and dystopia and the weaving of utopian hopes and possibilities into narratives seen as belonging to the genre of the dystopian novel has been a characteristic of the latter for a long time. Overviews of developments in dystopian literature in the twentieth and the twenty-first century have noted instances of this phenomenon ranging from works in which pockets of resistance to dystopian worlds carry with them hopes for a utopian future to ones in which utopian hope is read in the faces of a handful of survivors who have heroically emerged from among the ruins of a world struck by ecological disaster. The present article offers a reading of Megan Hunter’s debut novel The End We Start From as a daring act of not just hopefully pointing toward but of actually growing a utopian world in the midst of an environmental catastrophe, of creating a utopian Noah arc that successfully navigates the dystopian world of apocalyptic deluge and chaos. The analysis will map the ways in which the account of the experience of motherhood pushes that of the catastrophe and its impact on the world to the periphery of the narrative. The emotional experience of motherhood thus textually foregrounded in the novel is seen as enacting a quiet rebellion against dystopia as it expands into a space in which a Levinasian notion of utopia contained within the care for the Other is fleshed out, while dystopian reality is reduced to distant, random, fragmented echoes.

A monstrous matter: The three faces of artificial creativity

Through a focus on artificial creativity (AC), creativity and innovation researchers, practitioners, and educators are beginning to demystify the phenomenon's liminality by exploring and contesting the potential affordances, constraints, and pitfalls brought about by the deployment of powerful AI models for creative endeavors. For the creativity community, AC as a sociotechnical network has become a deeply consternating and contested monster. Given the recency of AC, there has been little theorizing yet. My critical self-reflection paper seeks to understand the community's concerns and, thereby, to discern theoretical insights that conceptually contribute towards a theory of AC. Drawing on autoethnography, I identified three distinct perceived matters of concern represented by anthropomorphic personalities or faces of AC: Trickster, Surveyor, and Harbinger. The findings reveal that the Trickster is the most monstrous and disconcerting face of AC. It may be prankish or deceptive, but can also be beneficent and supportive. While the Surveyor provides surveillance, measurement, and calculation, the Harbinger announces competing future visions, one of utopian hope and the other of dystopian despair. I conclude by discussing the implications of three underlying theoretical variables: trust, creative value, and creative personal identity.

The Rise of Conservative Islam in the Indonesian Political Constellation

Pancasila as the basis of the state has an important position in the social order of the nation and state. Pancasila, which was extracted from the values and local wisdom of the archipelago, was agreed upon by the founders of the nation as a sentence that binds various ethnic groups, religions, races, and between groups who claim to be Indonesian citizens. However, with the development of science and the emergence of a war of thought, Pancasila is currently starting to receive a serious challenge from conservative Islamic groups who doubt and even reject the existence of Pancasila as the state ideology. They consider that Pancasila has failed to become an inspiration for the government in realizing the welfare of the people, so that as a country with a Muslim majority, Indonesia should implement Islamic law. In the midst of the shock of conservative Islam, there is also an attitude of hypernationalism that both claim to be Pancasila People. In the name of Pancasila, they reject the involvement of foreign companies, capital, and workers in managing state assets. On the other hand, in the name of maintaining Pancasila as the state ideology, there are often actions taken by the government that are considered severe against conservative Islamic groups which further is assumed to endanger the sovereignty of the state.
 Keywords: Pancasila, conservative Islam, hypernationalism

Ideology and the Application of Law in SS Courts: A Case Study of Legal Practice in the Third Reich

This article provides an empirical study of the inner workings of an institution at the ideological heart of the Nazi state, the SS courts, and analyses how they applied SS law in cases involving unlawful sexual conduct, and how they evaluated the racial characteristics of SS men standing trial. The article demonstrates (1) that the SS courts promoted what has been referred to as an ‘unlimited’, radical ideology. However, the analysis will also reveal how the SS courts during the war (2) gradually climbed down from a position of ideological purity when faced with realities at the front; and (3) despite their ideological core features, in several ways operated as a legal-rational bureaucracy. Towards the end of the article, the ramifications of these findings will be discussed in light of literature concerning the role of law and ideology in the Nazi state and the Third Reich's complicated relationship with modernism.

An alternative to the Confucianism: Buddhist doctrine of «chakravartin» in political structures of the Three Korean Kingdoms

Religion has been the basis of the statehood of various nations since ancient times. This article analyzes the role of the Buddhist concept of “chakravartin” (ideal universal ruler) in the political structures of the Korean statehood of the Three States period. The author believes that in the context of the decline of Confucianism against the backdrop of an ideological crisis and political fragmentation in China in the period from the beginning of the 3th century to the end of the 6th century. Buddhism, having an active political potential, has become a full-fledged ideological alternative to the teachings of Confucius. Korea, as a permanent recipient of Chinese culture, was also influenced by Buddhism, which was reflected in subsequent changes in the state ideology of the Korean states. To explore this issue further, this article provides a comparative description of the Buddhist and Confucian state theories, a list of the main socio-political factors that contributed to the acquisition of the functions of state ideology by Korean Buddhism, as well as an analysis of the state administration system of each of the three Korean kingdoms: Koguryeo, Paekche and Silla. Due to the lack of historical evidence about their state ideology in the written sources of the period, the author relies mainly on indirect sources of information – in particular, archaeological finds. Moreover, various Buddhist canonical texts were used to conduct a comparative analysis using "chakravartin"’s archetypes in other countries of the Asian region.

The Epistemic Discourse of Religious Moderation (Moderasi Beragama) in Indonesia

<p class="Abstract"><span lang="ZH-CN">Since its early beginning, the “Religious Moderation” <i>(Moderasi
 Beragama)</i> has been a disputed controversy in the making of its epistemic
 discourses among parties of religious authorities of Islamic organisations,
 particularly <i>Nahdlatul Ulama</i> <i>(N.U.)</i>, <i>Muhammadiyah</i>, and
 Islamic-based political parties. The issues following controversies are
 political bias due to the principles of Religious Moderation that are close to
 the characteristics of <i>Islam Nusantara</i> (Archipelagical Islam) of
 Nahdlatul Ulama, the close ally of the ruling regime. This research discusses
 the epistemic discourse of Religious Moderation based on the genealogical
 studies of Michel Foucault. Joko Widodo's administration constructed
 "Religious Moderation" as a system of knowledge and political ethics,
 even a “state ideology” in maintaining a </span>peaceful<span lang="ZH-CN"> religious life and
 articulating Indonesian Islam. This research reveals that "Religious
 Moderation" epistemically refers to ethical values for Indonesian politics
 concerning the nature of Indonesian history and its societal identities of
 diversity <i>(Kebhinekaan)</i>, ethnicity, religion, languages, and beliefs,
 including varieties of Indonesian Islam. <i>Nahdlatul Ulama </i>and Joko
 Widodo's administration share the same interests in maintaining a peaceful
 religious life and nationalism. </span><o:p></o:p></p>