Intellectuals in Developing Societies

by Syed Hussein Alatas

Overview

First published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714630045
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/21/1977
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Syed Hussein Alatas, Professor of Malay Studies, University of Singapore

Table of Contents

The Malaysian background - a personal account; intellectuals and their function; Bebalisma; the fools in developing societies; the intellectuals and developing societies; the necessity for intellectuals; the emergence of the intellectuals; backwardness and the intellectuals - the Russian phenomenon and the developing societies; the backward elites and modernisation; science and the backward elites; backward elites and the problem of causation.