History & Culture & Politics (GR)

“[This work] gives a long overdue recognition to the power of collective action by the Malaysian people’s movement that was catalysed by BERSIH 2.0 . . . touching on critical issues, such as corruption, electoral frauds and abuse of powers, and linked the peoples’ power to a peaceful and democratic...

What is the future of Malaysia’s former dominant party, the United Malays National Organisation or UMNO? With the loss of government in the May 2018 General Election (GE14) after 61 years in government, the party faces a different, more uncertain future. It is grappling with its new role in the...

“...penerbitan esei-esei ini juga digerakkan oleh rasa tidak senang penulis terhadap beberapa orang yang berlagak sarjana ilmu tawarikh tetapi menulis hal-hal dongeng ciptaannya sendiri yang didakwanya sebagai sejarah, tanpa mengemukakan dalil sahih yang menjadi landasan penulisan ilmu tawarikh atau ilmu sejarah.” Dalam karya terbarunya ini, Prof. Emeritus Ahmat Adam membincangkan...

Antara persoalan-persoalan genting yang perlu dijawab adalah sama ada semangat penerokaan yang hilang dalam kalangan mahasiswa, intelektual dan ahli akademik akan kembali dan sama ada budaya "patuh" ini akan dipecahkan. Adakah aspek-aspek ini akan kemnali sama seperti hari-hari sebelum AUKU mencengkam dunia kampus yang mana sebelum ini syurga nilai intelektual...

‘This timely book centres on one of the Malaysian nation-state’s weakest spots: its peculiar construction and treatment of minorities. As different visions compete over how a “New Malaysia” should (not) look like, this rich collection of essays elucidates how various exclusions and inequalities have historically evolved, where we stand now,...

From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution remains as an inspiration. After all, that Revolution proved that the working class and the peasantry could not only overthrow an autocratic government but that it could form its own government, in its image. It proved decisively that...

Sejujurnya saya terkejut membaca karya seorang intelektual muda Melayu yang sangat brilian, Hazman Baharom. Ia, dengan wawasan yang luas dan penghayatan yang menukik jauh ke dalam, mengevaluasi secara kritikal hal ihwal mengenai keadilan. Di dalam karyanya Hazman sekaligus mampu membaca konteks keadilan masyarakat setempat, yakni masyarakat Melayu di masa kini,...

What people need to understand is that the hijab can be both liberating and oppressive, depending on the situation and context. The problem is not the hijab per se, but the social conditions that compel a woman into or out ofher hijab. Muslim women, hijabi or not, in considering whether...

“... salah satu ‘lagu ulangan’ yang akan kembali berkumandang, khusus oleh kelompok nasionalis ialah; menjajakan keunggulan peradaban Melayu satu ketika dahulu. Di sebalik hujah yang dinyatakan tersebut, salah satu yang sering diabaikan oleh ‘sejarawan retrophiliac’ adalah faktor keadaan manusia Melayu murbawan itu sendiri. Sebagai misalan, soalan yang mungkin sering diabaikan...

Recalling Forgetten Tastes is an illustration collection of edible plants, centred on envorinmental and traditional culinary practices by the Orang Asli communities in Peninsular Malaysia, primarily from the Semai and Temuan subgroups. The foreground of the book is to archive the disappearing knowledge of wild foraging and implementation into their...

This book tells the story of Malaysia’s formation and its early struggle for survival. A treasure trove of recently de-classified records from the UK National Archives and the US Consulate in Kuching, demonstrate how the British, Singapore and Malayan governments seized upon the Brunei revolt, and Indonesian attacks across the...

There is talk that Perikatan Nasional is going to call a general election, banking on the hope that Malays will vote for a Malay government, and even deliver a two-thirds majority to Perikatan Nasional. Let me put it in simple terms, if I ever believe that only Chinese would vote...

‟It is granted that there is political control and the expectation of political obedience where the loyal are rewarded and the disloyal punished. It is granted that criticism is frowned upon even in non-feudal societies. . . . But that does not mean that the attitude towards political control itself...

“. . . The fullest and most comprehensive ethnography of the Baba community in Malaysia. . . . The author is a meticulous ethnographer, and provides three chapters of richly detailed information on Baba kinship and marriage practices, ancestor worship, Chinese folk religion and festivals and a variety of Baba...

This book is an ethnographic study of migrants, refugees and ‘temporary’ people in Malaysia, incorporating narratives, personal stories, and observations of everyday life in Kuala Lumpur and Georgetown, Penang. Rather than focusing on specific migrant communities or refugee ‘camps’, the book takes subaltern cosmopolitanism as its central lens to look...

As the first private practitioner in some 70 years to be appointed Attorney General of Malaysia, Tommy Thomas describes his experience in the highest legal office in the land in this highly personal book. The former AG discusses key decisions he made, including the prosecution of former Prime Minister Najib...

Sim Kwang Yang (1948-2014) was known as SKY to generations of readers and political admirers. SKY was a hermeneutic philosopher, a three-term MP for Bandar Kuching, and a columnist for Malaysiakini, The Nut Graph, and many other national and Sarawakian newspapers, writing in English and Chinese. Sarawak’s SKY meant light,...

The fourth and final volume of the Narratives in Malaysian Art series, launched in September 2019, considers how we look at Malaysian art, and the forces and motivations that have shaped our understanding of its role and development. Perspectives brings together the voices of members of the public, activists, art...

"The contents of this volume go a long way to furthering our understanding of many dimensions of the difficult issues involved, including the national question." Jomo Kwame Sundaram. The concept of ‘Malaya’ continues to exert a powerful draw on our imagination, steeped in exotism and Orientalist reductions. Even decades after...

Kebanyakan negara majoriti Muslim memiliki sistem perundangan yang meliputi peruntukan Islam dan hak-hak liberal. Meskipun kedua-dua elemen tersebut tidak semestinya bercanggahan, komitmen terhadap kedua-duanya menjadi asas, dari segi undang-undang serta simbolik, untuk para aktivis mengajukan visi masing-masing tentang negara dan masyarakat. Dengan menggunakan Malaysia sebagai kajian kes, buku Mengkanunkan Agama...