Colonialism in the Malay Archipelago civilisational encounters

• Other Authors: Osman Bakar (Editor), Merican, Ahmad Murad (Editor), Ali Hj. Wan Mamat (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur Istac-Iium Publications 2020
• Subjects: Malaysia > Colonies; Malaysia > Politics and government
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• Physical Description: 330 pages 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9789839379709; 9839379704

In this book fourteen leading scholars and intellectual-activists provide a collective treatment of the theme of colonialism in the Malay Archipelago from the as yet little explored perspective of civilisational encounters. The centuries-long Western colonial presence in the Archipelago had generated both peaceful and violent encounters that were to prove consequential on the civilisational history of the region. The book's chapters attempt to present new insights into the nature and multidimensional character of these civilisational encounters and their significance for the life and thought of contemporary Malay Archipelago that now comprises the modern nation-states of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste