Syed Hussein Alatas and Critical Social Theory: Decolonizing the Captive Mind attempts to demonstrate its relevance to numerous academic fields, and the potential for his thought to be transformative in the international socio-political realm. Twenty authors from various disciplines and countries have contributed, in the hopes of bringing his work to the forefront of social and political theory. Known for his most famous works, such as The Myth of the Lazy Native (1977) and The Problem of Corruption (1986), as well as his concept of the “captive mind,” Syed Hussein Alatas (1928-2007) made significant contributions to decolonization theory, social theory, and other forms of thought critical of the current neo-colonial and neoliberal world. Although Edward Said acknowledged his debt to Syed Hussein Alatas’ work, especially its influence on Orientalism, his most well-known book, Alatas’ work has long been overlooked by Eurocentric Western academia.
Syed Hussein Alatas and Critical Social Theory: Decolonizing the Captive Mind
Edited by DUSTIN J. BYRD and SEYED JAVAD MIRI
Haymarket (Reprint, 2023)
xviii + 474 pages including Index
RM215.00
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Introduction
1. Developing a School of Autonomous Knowledge: Thoughts of the Late Syed Hussein Alatas
– Syed Imad Alatas
2. The Midlife of an Idea: Syed Hussein Alatas’ Captive Mind after Fifty Years
– Masturah Alatas
3. Alatas on Colonial and Autonomous Knowledge
– Syed Farid Alatas
4. The Psychological Dynamics of Mental Captivity: Subsequent Conceptual Developments
– Dustin J. Byrd
5. The Cartography of Reception of ‘The Captive Mind’ in Iran
– Esmaeil Zeiny
6. “The Captive Mind” and Social Sciences in Southeast Asia: Syed Hussein Alatas
– Mona Abaza
7. The Captive Mind Syndrome in Indian Sociology
– N. Jayaram
8. Psychological Feudalism: Malay Political Culture and Responses towards Modernization
– Norshahril Saat
9. “Irrational” Beliefs in a “Rational” World: Religion and Modernization
– Hira Amin
10. Demythologizing Dominant Discourses: Syed Hussein Alatas’ The Myth of the Lazy Native and the Discourse on Malay Cultural Values and Underdevelopment
– Zawawi Ibrahim
11. Syed Hussein Alatas: Colonialism and Modernity
– Joseph Alagha and Mostafa Soueid
12. The Invention of “Islam”: How (Lazy) Historians and Social Scientists Created a Fantasy
– Carimo Mohomed
13. Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Intellectuals
– Seyed Javad Miri
14. West-Centric Geopolitical Discourse: Situating Syed Hussein Alatas in International Relations
– Sharifah Munirah Alatas
15. Alatas: Pioneer in the Study of, and the Struggle against, Corruption
– Chandra Muzaffar
16. Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Political Thought
– Teo Lee Ken
17. Contributions of Syed Hussein Alatas towards Global Sociology
– Habibul Haque Khondker
18. East-West Interactions and Complexities: Syed Hussein Alatas, Willem Wertheim and Edward Said
– Victor T. King
19. Hidden Connections: Syed Hussein Alatas and Latin American Sociology
– João Marcelo E. Maia
Index
| Weight | 0.675 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.9 × 15.3 × 2.4 cm |
| Author(s) | Carimo Mohomed, Chandra Muzaffar, Dustin J. Byrd, Esmaeil Zeiny, Habibul Haque Khondker, Hira Amin, João Marcelo E. Maia, Joseph Alagha, Masturah Alatas, Mona Abaza, Mostafa Soueid, N. Jayaram, Norshahril Saat, Seyed Javad Miri, Sharifah Munirah Alatas, Syed Farid Alatas, Syed Imad Alatas, Teo Lee Ken, Victor T. King, Zawawi Ibrahim |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | Chinese |
| Publisher | |
| Series | |
| Year Published | 2022 |
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