Syed Hussein Alatas
Politician, Author
1928 – 2007
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Who was Syed Hussein Alatas?
Syed Hussein Alatas was a Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organizations, and politician. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya in the 1980s, and formed the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia. 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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- Born
- 1928
Bogor - Religion
- Islam
- Profession
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Died
- Jan 23, 2007
Bukit Damansara
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on July 23, 2013
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