This innovative book is a pioneering study of political debate in an important Southeast Asian society. It re-examines the formative period in Malay nationalism and argues against using nationalism as the paradigm of analysis. By "interrogating" key Malay texts from the 19th and 20th centuries, Anthony Milner shows how contested, and problematic, the sphere of nationalism was.
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"...stimulating reading for any scholar interested in the origins of political discourse and cross-cultural comparisons of the interaction between individual and society....a fine example of the contribution that culturally based research can make to the questions that are universally relevant." American Historical Review
"...it has also refreshed and added new dimensions to the study of Southeast Asian politics....original and penetrating study of Malay political transformation." The Review of Politics
"Milner's work teaches us that the language of politics is not a given or a permanent feature of all human societies, but is instead a language that may or may not be constructed to meet particular practical needs. It also teaches us that our conventional concept of politics as the rational manoeuvrings of individuals maximizing their advantages is a serious obstacle to the understanding of the variety and richness of political languages that have been 'invented' in different times and places." Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University
"The space of a review is inadequate to do justice to the treasury of historical and archival detail....Milner's text may be read for sheer intellectual enjoyment, even as it skillfully guides the reader through the ideas and events which shaped the Malayasian state and continue to animate it today. This is necessary reading for scholars concerned with more generic processes as well as for those whose special interests lie in the unique history of the Malay peninsula." Judith Nagata, Asian Thought and Society
"This book is an important and essential reading for everyone interested in Malaysian politics, history, or anthropology . Anthony Milner offers a new, post-modern style analytical lens through which he approaches the study of political discourse among the Malays of colonial Malaya by interrogating some of the leading Malay writings of the 19th and 20th centuries....he has produced an excellent historical study of Malay political culture and has made an important contribution to our understanding and appreciation of political discourse in the Malaysian experience. This book will take its place among the definitive works not only of Malaysian but also of Southeast Asian political cultural analysis." Martin Rudner, Crossroads
"...it has also refreshed and added new dimensions to the study of Southeast Asian politics....original and penetrating study of Malay political transformation." The Review of Politics
"Milner's work teaches us that the language of politics is not a given or a permanent feature of all human societies, but is instead a language that may or may not be constructed to meet particular practical needs. It also teaches us that our conventional concept of politics as the rational manoeuvrings of individuals maximizing their advantages is a serious obstacle to the understanding of the variety and richness of political languages that have been 'invented' in different times and places." Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University
"The space of a review is inadequate to do justice to the treasury of historical and archival detail....Milner's text may be read for sheer intellectual enjoyment, even as it skillfully guides the reader through the ideas and events which shaped the Malayasian state and continue to animate it today. This is necessary reading for scholars concerned with more generic processes as well as for those whose special interests lie in the unique history of the Malay peninsula." Judith Nagata, Asian Thought and Society
"This book is an important and essential reading for everyone interested in Malaysian politics, history, or anthropology . Anthony Milner offers a new, post-modern style analytical lens through which he approaches the study of political discourse among the Malays of colonial Malaya by interrogating some of the leading Malay writings of the 19th and 20th centuries....he has produced an excellent historical study of Malay political culture and has made an important contribution to our understanding and appreciation of political discourse in the Malaysian experience. This book will take its place among the definitive works not only of Malaysian but also of Southeast Asian political cultural analysis." Martin Rudner, Crossroads
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This innovative book is a pioneering study of political debate in an important Southeast Asian society. Now available in paperback it re-examines the formative period in Malay nationalism and argues against using nationalism as the paradigm of analysis.'This magnificent book is certainly essential reading for Malaysianists and Malaysians interested in the intrigues and mystique of Malay politics, in the past and at present.' Shamsul, A.B., Asian Studies Review'The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya is a model of its kind and will undoubtedly become a landmark in Malaysian studies and an example to those in other fields. It is a stylish and highly readable essay in cultural history.' William R Roff, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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This review is from: The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya: Contesting Nationalism and the Expansion of the Public Sphere (Hardcover)
This is a path-breaking book, the first of its genre in Malaysian 'post-modern' historiography. It is both about the invention of Malay politics as well as Malay identity articulated eloquently through the dialogues between three nationalist positions, name, 'bangsa', 'kerajaan' and 'ummah'. A good read on Malay intellectual history,too.
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Straits Settlements, Kuala Lumpur, Sayyid Shaykh, Hikayat Dunia, Utusan Melayu, Oxford University Press, Sultan Abu Bakar, Raja Lob, Munshi Abdullah, Haji Mohd, Surveying the Homeland, Dewan Bahasa, Malay Annals, Southeast Asia, Kassim Ahmad, Ibrahim Yaacob, Hikayat Abdullah, New York, University of Malaya Press, Annual Report, British Malaya, Malay Peninsula, Federated Malay States, Cambridge University Press, Hikayat Pahang New!
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