Myth of the Lazy Native

Myth of the Lazy Native

by Syed Hussein Alatas
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This book attempts to analyse the origins and functions of the "myth of the lazy native" from the 16th to the 20th century in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia.

The methodological approach is by way of the sociology of knowledge.

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First published
2013
Publishers
Taylor & Francis Group

Syed Hussein Alatas

About Syed Hussein Alatas

Syed Hussein Alatas (September 17, 1928 – January 23, 2007) was a Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organizations, and former politician. He was once Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya in the 1980s, and formed the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). Syed Hussein wrote several books on corruption, multi-racialism, imperialism, and intellectual captivity as part of the colonial, and post colonial, project, the most famous being The Myth of the Lazy Native....

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