LEADER 03694nam 22005415 450 001 9910882896603321 005 20250807145727.0 010 $a9789819748143 010 $a9819748143 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-97-4814-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31622032 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31622032 035 $a(CKB)34455952800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-97-4814-3 035 $a(OCoLC)1455127799 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934455952800041 100 $a20240827d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIntellectual Conversations $eMalaysian Writers and Thinkers in the 1970s /$fby Daniel Regan 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (148 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9789819748136 311 08$a9819748135 327 $aChapter 1. Malaysian Intellectual Life in the Early 1970s -- Chapter 2. Who Are the Intellectuals? -- Chapter 3. Islamist Voices -- Chapter 4. Voices from the Establishment -- Chapter 5 .Independents Reflect -- Chapter 6. Populists and Progressives Speak Out -- Chapter 7. Youthful Voices -- Chapter 8. Voices Outside the Dominant Media -- Chapter 9. Women Speak Out -- Chapter 10. Publishers and Impressarios Have Their Say -- Chapter 11. The Intellectual Community Reflects on Key Issues -- Chapter 12. Epilogue. 330 $aThis book conveys the essence of a series of guided conversations with leading Malaysian intellectuals?predominantly writers, journalists, academicians, some artists, and other thinkers?in the early 1970s. Based on interviews with 133 intellectuals, supplemented by hours of informal conversation, socializing, and common attendance at intellectual activities or events, the book highlights the cultural significance of the 1970s, an under-appreciated era, and features ?conversations? on topics that are integral to the nation?s intellectual history. Topics covered include freedom of speech and expression, their most admired cultural centres, religion, democracy, and the role for intellectuals in Malaysian society. The project uses an innovative approach that eschews conventional biographical sketches in favour of allowing intellectual informants to ?speak? in their own voices. Daniel Regan, a sociologist, holds a Ph.D. in the field from Yale University (USA) as well as an M.A. in Southeast Asia Studies from Yale. His B.A. (Hons) is from Amherst College. Before turning to academic administration, he was a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) for 21 years, six of them as Sociology department head. He has held academic administrative positions at Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho, USA) and, before retiring, as long-time dean of academic affairs at Northern Vermont University-Johnson (now part of Vermont State University) in Vermont, where he lives. His academic writings have focused on higher education, religion and politics, intellectual life, and Malaysia. 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aPolitics and Religion 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 615 14$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aPolitics and Religion. 676 $a320.9595 700 $aRegan$b Daniel$01766034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910882896603321 996 $aIntellectual Conversations$94209750 997 $aUNINA