Malaysia’s Fumbling Modernity
Sunday, May 13th, 2007In his recent article ‘Malaysia Backpedals on Modernity’ Professor Sadanand Dhume laments what he sees as the fundamental contradictions in Malaysia’s uneven development: The country boasts of a robust commercial infrastructure, replete with the now-familiar symbols and markers of capital-driven modernity and development such as the twin towers of KLCC. Yet at the same time [...]