العطاس حول المعرفة الاستعمارية و المعرفة المستقلة

Abstract EN

Alatas is an example of a decolonial scholar, having been born during the colonial period and experienced political independence.

he is best know for his the myth of the lazy native, which appeared in 1977, but had earlier also wrote a critique of colonial ideology and practice in the form of a critical assessment of the political philosophy and conduct of the colonial founder of singapore, thomas stamford raffles.

the purpose of this chapter is to describe alatas’ decolonial perspective in terms of his theory, method and context.

to this end, i discuss his thomas stamford raffes: schemer or reformer and the myth of the lazy native, their theses and method, and also discuss the context in which alatas understood colonial knowledge to exist, that is, intellectual imperialism and the captive mind.

the chapter concludes with alatas’ call for an autonomous social science tradition and a brief discussion on the school of autonomous knowledge.