The Myth of the Lazy Native: A Study of the Image of the Malays, Filipinos and Javanese from the 16th to the 20th Century and Its Function in the Ideology of Colonial Capitalism by Syed Hussein Alatas

The Myth of the Lazy Native: A Study of the Image of the Malays, Filipinos and Javanese from the 16th to the 20th Century and Its Function in the Ideology of Colonial Capitalism

Syed Hussein Alatas

272 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The Myth of the Lazy Native is Syed Hussein Alatas widely acknowledged critique of the colonial construction of Malay, Filipino and Javanese natives from the 16th to the 20th century. Drawing on the work of Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowl...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 16 reviews

Moods

informative 100%
reflective 100%
challenging 50%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Average rating

4.52

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.