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The book, according to KBBI, is a sheet of paper bound, contains article or empty. book contains article can be various forms, such as novel, a collection of essays, anthology of short stories or poetry, etc.. the existence of a book deals with the ability of literacy collective a community. since the time of Mesopotamia, the book is present, but in the form of a collection of plate Clay collected in a library.
How crucial the existence of a book? we look at the far back, almost all of religion has a or some books sacred; we always call scriptures. revelation divine believed to come in his word that diaksarakan in the form of the book. we see here, that the book take a role in the pole religious a people. his word more often set forth in the book, in books sacred, rather than in the form of painting, sculpture, music, or binary-binary the computer.
The book is also a media to accommodate the public awareness. at the time of the new order, circa '66 -'98, many books burned on orders Soeharto. books left or explain about depravity new order loyal burned, such as madilog, fasti '65, up to even books Camus, Sartre, and the like was banned in Indonesia. in addition in Indonesia, extermination book also occur in parts of the world other. usually, bibliosida (the destruction of the book) conducted on behalf of the political and ideology.
It shows that the book can play a role once to strong-collapse of the regime and public awareness. by reading, our awareness open. read from the start book left to right, from progressive to conservative, from the Marx to Smith, from pramoedya up Haruki. book is a grip, entity sacred to life is not only a waste of breath.
Let increase literacy nation! read! realized!
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[1]. https://kbbi.web.id/buku
