The Malaysian intellectual: A brief historical overview of the discourse
This paper focuses on the discourse in Malaysia concerning intellectuals. It asserts that in concert with political and sociological changes, the ‘field of meanings’ associated with the concept of ‘the intellectual’ and the actual social location of intellectual actors have undergone considerable...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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| description | This paper focuses on the discourse in Malaysia concerning intellectuals. It
asserts that in concert with political and sociological changes, the ‘field of
meanings’ associated with the concept of ‘the intellectual’ and the actual social
location of intellectual actors have undergone considerable change during the
twentieth century. This flags the challenge for historians who are telling today’s
stories about the past in today’s terms, but who have to try to understand that
past on its own terms. Further, it flags the challenge for social scientists to not
merely appropriate the concepts of past scholars in tying to understand the
present, but rather to also understand the context in which those ideas had
relevance. Along the way, this paper gives glimpses of the circumstances,
motivations and contributions of a number of leading Malaysian intellectual
figures |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-11502016-12-14T06:28:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1150/ The Malaysian intellectual: A brief historical overview of the discourse Johnson, Deborah This paper focuses on the discourse in Malaysia concerning intellectuals. It asserts that in concert with political and sociological changes, the ‘field of meanings’ associated with the concept of ‘the intellectual’ and the actual social location of intellectual actors have undergone considerable change during the twentieth century. This flags the challenge for historians who are telling today’s stories about the past in today’s terms, but who have to try to understand that past on its own terms. Further, it flags the challenge for social scientists to not merely appropriate the concepts of past scholars in tying to understand the present, but rather to also understand the context in which those ideas had relevance. Along the way, this paper gives glimpses of the circumstances, motivations and contributions of a number of leading Malaysian intellectual figures Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1150/1/sari27%281%29-2009%5B02%5D.pdf Johnson, Deborah (2009) The Malaysian intellectual: A brief historical overview of the discourse. SARI: Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 27 . pp. 13-26. ISSN 0127-2721 http://www.ukm.my/sari/index.html |
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| title | The Malaysian intellectual:
A brief historical overview of the discourse |
| title_full | The Malaysian intellectual:
A brief historical overview of the discourse |
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| title_short | The Malaysian intellectual:
A brief historical overview of the discourse |
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