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Syed Farid Alatas

1961-·2,676 citations

Syed Farid Alatas is a Malaysian sociologist and Professor at the National University of Singapore, where he previously headed the Department of Malay Studies. He is a leading figure in the decolonization of social sciences, recognized for his theories on academic dependency and his extensive scholarship on the 14th-century thinker Ibn Khaldun. He is the son of the prominent social scientist Syed Hussein Alatas and continues the 'School of Autonomous Knowledge' tradition.

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55 works
TitleYearLanguageCitations▼
Academic dependency and the global division of labour in the social sciences2003en1,247
Alternative discourses in Asian social science: Responses to Eurocentrism2006en755
Applying Ibn Khaldūn: The recovery of a lost tradition in sociology2014en281
On the indigenization of academic discourse1993en183
Ibn khaldun2013en137
Academic dependency in the social sciences: Reflections on India and Malaysia2000en114
Teaching classical sociological theory in Singapore: The context of Eurocentrism2001en100
Alternative Discourses in Southeast Asia2001en98
The study of the social sciences in developing societies: Towards an adequate conceptualization of relevance2001en92
Democracy and authoritarianism in Indonesia and Malaysia: The rise of the post-colonial state1997—76
The sacralization of the social sciences: A critique of an emerging theme in academic discourse1995en62
Intellectual and structural challenges to academic dependency2008en61
Political economies of knowledge production: On and around academic dependency2022en58
An introduction to the idea of alternative discourses2000en55
Islam and the Science of Economics2006en44
Eurocentrism and the role of the human sciences in the dialogue among civilizations2002en36
Islam and modernization2005en32
Knowledge hegemonies and autonomous knowledge2025en32
Indigenization: Features and problems2004en31
Deparochialising the canon: The case of sociological theory2021en26
A definição e os tipos de discursos alternativos2010entr.24
Reflections on the idea of Islamic social science1987en16
Silencing as method: The case of Malay studies2021en15
The Meaning of Alternative Discourses : Illustrations from Southeast Asia2004en15
The coloniality of knowledge and the autonomous knowledge tradition2024—14
Social theory as alternative discourse2012en13
Teaching social theory as alternative discourse2011en12
Doing sociology in South East Asia2015—11
Pengkajian ilmu-ilmu sosial: menuju ke pembentukan konsep tepat2003entr.10
Alatas and Shari'ati on socialism: Autonomous social science and occidentalism2005en10
Luxury, state and society: The theme of enslavement in Ibn Khaldun2017en9
Alatas, Fanon, and Coloniality2019en9
The contemporary significance of Ibn Khaldun for decolonial sociology: Methodological and theoretical dimensions2020en9
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)2017en9
The problem of academic dependency : Latin America and the Malay world2014en8
The role of human sciences in the dialogue among civilizations2007en8
Front Matter for: Applying Ibn Khaldun : The Recovery of a Lost Tradition in Sociology2014en6
Islam and Dialogue Among Civilizations: Prerequisites and Preparations2004en5
The intellectual biography of Syed Farid Alatas : Hegemonic orientations, epistemic decolonisation and the School of Autonomous Knowledge2024en5
Reading Ibn Khaldun in the Formative Period of Sociology2022en4
The Life and Times of Ibn Khaldun2017en3
Alatas on colonial and autonomous knowledge2022en2
Religion, Values and Capitalism in Asia2003—2
Dialogue for Peace and Harmony: A Human Sciences Approach2013—2
Anti- Colonial Global Scholarship: Contexts, Perspectives, and Debates2025en1
The Meanings of Anti- Colonial Social Thought and Theory2025en1
The decolonization of research: structures of inquiry and theory2025en1
The idea of alternative discourses2020en1
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 702022en—
Research article The Contemporary Significance of Ibn Khaldun for Decolonial Sociology: Methodological and Theoretical Dimensions2020en—