How will nationalism evolve?
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The biggest trick that the nation-state concept has pulled on modern man is the proposal that there is an essential line between the external and the internal.
The Present comes before the Past
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The past is significant not because of itself, but because the present – and the future – needs it.
Labour stripped down to bare essentials
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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng reflects on the migrant workers of Malaysia and what it means to be a labourer.
All you hybrids, emerge from your closet
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Ethnocentrism is not the opposite of multiracialism. For some reason, we tend to suppose it to be so. The truth of the matter is, the contradistinction between the two is political, not logical.
A defensive psyche is colonialism’s legacy
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Continental conditions create polities and mindsets that vary remarkably from those found in maritime and riverine areas. In modern day Malaysia, the underlying socio-economic structure and primary acculturating forces instigated by our archipelagic geography shine through quite clearly.
The age of cities is at hand
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Penang is a unique city with a unique history. How would it fare in an age of urbanisation?
Remember Penang
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The revamped Penang Economic Monthly marks the beginning of reawakening Penang's potential. It’s about remembering its past, rethinking its future, and rebuilding a vibrant, innovative Penang.
The Future of Work Will Include Clubbing
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IN THE FIRST decade or two following Covid-19, which parts of our daily life will go back to the way they were, and which will not?It’s anyone’s g...
Pandemic or Not, there is No Such Thing as “De-globalisation”
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WHILE THE COVID-19 pandemic is sometimes portrayed as globalisation hitting a wall, it has at the same time raised public consciousness that globalisation as a...
A Synergic Platform is Something Penang Almost Already Has to Build Back Better
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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has obliged us to rethink the personal, the present and the proximate.Shaken by the arresting of our ambitions, stirred by disruptions t...
Fairness is the Virtue that Can Reset the World
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THE THINGS THAT split members of a society come in all shapes and sizes; but they all boil down to a play on the human sense of fairness. This sense can be indi...
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Anwar Fazal: Seeing New Possibilities for Social Activism Post-Pandemic [PART ONE]
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A HEALTH PANDEMIC lays bare the bones of human society. So, if Covid-19 has not riled up your interest in how the world works, in how that world will now change...