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Syed Farid Alatas

1961-·1,809 citations

Singaporean sociologist and professor at the National University of Singapore, known for his work on academic dependency, alternative discourses in social sciences, and critiques of Eurocentrism in knowledge production

Works

32 works
TitleYearLanguageCitations▼
Alternative discourses in Asian social science: Responses to Eurocentrism2006—755
On the indigenization of academic discourse1993—183
Academic dependency in the social sciences: Reflections on India and Malaysia2000—114
Teaching classical sociological theory in Singapore: The context of Eurocentrism2001—100
Alternative Discourses in Southeast Asia2001—98
The study of the social sciences in developing societies: Towards an adequate conceptualization of relevance2001english92
The sacralization of the social sciences: A critique of an emerging theme in academic discourse1995—62
Intellectual and structural challenges to academic dependency2008—61
Islam and the Science of Economics2006—44
Eurocentrism and the role of the human sciences in the dialogue among civilizations2002—36
Knowledge hegemonies and autonomous knowledge2025—32
Islam and modernization2005—32
Indigenization: Features and problems2004english31
Deparochialising the canon: The case of sociological theory2021—26
Reflections on the idea of Islamic social science1987—16
Silencing as method: The case of Malay studies2021—15
The Meaning of Alternative Discourses : Illustrations from Southeast Asia2004—15
Social theory as alternative discourse2012—13
Teaching social theory as alternative discourse2011—12
Pengkajian ilmu-ilmu sosial: menuju ke pembentukan konsep tepat2003englishtr.10
Alatas and Shari'ati on socialism: Autonomous social science and occidentalism2005—10
Alatas, Fanon, and Coloniality2019—9
The problem of academic dependency : Latin America and the Malay world2014—8
Islam and Dialogue Among Civilizations: Prerequisites and Preparations2004—5
The intellectual biography of Syed Farid Alatas : Hegemonic orientations, epistemic decolonisation and the School of Autonomous Knowledge2024—5
Alatas on colonial and autonomous knowledge2022—2
The idea of alternative discourses2020—1
The decolonization of research: structures of inquiry and theory2025—1
The Meanings of Anti- Colonial Social Thought and Theory2025—1
11 Indigenization2004english—
Thinking against Coloniality from the Malay World: A Personal Reflection2025——
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 702022——