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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...

Hishamuddin Rais sosok keturunan Sakai suku Biduanda Negeri Sembilan. Lahir di Kampung Tengah Majau Kuala Pilah 1951. Belajar awal di sekolah Melayu di Jelebu ke Sekolah Menengah Undang Jelebu ke Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar ke Universiti Malaya ke Universiti Katholik Louvain la Neuve ke Brixton College London ke London Polytechnic...

‘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,...

This autobiography is reflective of the many dimensional attitudes of the author, Dato’ Jeyaraj C. Rajarao. As he recounts his life story it is evident that he has lived a life with passion, integrity, wit and mischief. A life of black and white, with very little grey in it. The...

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,...

‟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...

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...

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...

“Global pandemic. All countries, and nearly all localities, were affected. And yet infection rates, death rates, and impact on societies varied widely. What accounts for this variance? The Malaysian story is told by Shankaran Nambiar, one of the country’s leading economists. We already know that in the United States, Cov...

This book intends to reset and make Malaysia into a nation for the rakyat, not just for a select few. Resetting Malaysia compiles articles that put forth ideas on how every Malaysian can make changes that will eventually bind us into a single nation that respects the faiths, cultures and...

"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...

Joe Samad, a passionate writer on contemporary Malaysian issues, expresses deep concerns about Malaysia's direction. While acknowledging the existence of the pre-Merdeka “social contract”, he highlights two significant reservations. Firstly, he criticises how Peninsula politicians intermittently exploit the social contract to stoke communal fears, hatred, and distrust among races. Secondly,...

Sabah’s 2020 election was Malaysia’s first p4ndemic election. While attention centres on the election’s impact on the spread of C0vid-19, this collection brings together scholars, journalists and social activists who were on the ground in Sabah to analyse what happened, why and the broader implications of the outcome for Sabah...

“... 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...

‘ Jangan biarkan kematian saya menjadi sia-sia ’ Dilahirkan dalam kemiskinan pada tahun 1948, Chun Tae-il hanya menerima pendidikan formal yang sedikit. Selepas memutuskan untuk bekerja di sebuah kilang pakaian di Seoul, beliau menyaksikan kesengsaraan dan penderitaan yang dialami oleh ribuan pekerja wanita muda. Dengan belas kasihan dan keberanian yang...

New. A collection of experiences of anthropologists, historians and sociologists recounting the joys and frustrations of actually carrying out the necessary field work on which their academic work is based. The contributors are both from Malaysia and elsewhere their subjects are not only the indigenous peoples of the state, but...

Born in poverty, one of 10 children, Bill Shankly went to work in a coal mine at 14. “I had no education so I had to use my brains,” he’d say. But first he used his feet. A no-nonsense wing-half, he won 6 Scotland caps. As a manager and a...

“...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...

“. . . 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...

The Badeng Kenyah of Belaga in Sarawak: Marginality, Changing Traditions and Development explains the history, culture and development of the Badeng Kenyah in Belaga District, Sarawak. Their cultural identity predates the arrival of the Brookes, the formation of Malaysia, and continues to inspire change in their community and beyond to...