Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.

Malaysia has arrived at an exciting moment in its history. With the result of its fourteenth general election (GE14), which took place on 9 May 2018, the 61-year rule of Barisan Nasional (BN) has come to an end. BN’s rule, which was marked mostly by its communitarian approach, has hitherto set th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmad, Khairil Izamin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IIUMPress, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/1/64763_Halimah%20Mohd%20Said%2C%20Kalaivani.pdf
_version_ 1848786274206351360
author Ahmad, Khairil Izamin
author_facet Ahmad, Khairil Izamin
author_sort Ahmad, Khairil Izamin
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
description Malaysia has arrived at an exciting moment in its history. With the result of its fourteenth general election (GE14), which took place on 9 May 2018, the 61-year rule of Barisan Nasional (BN) has come to an end. BN’s rule, which was marked mostly by its communitarian approach, has hitherto set the tone for how the Malaysian public spaces approach their social discourses, including on the understanding of the country’s history. By extension, nation building has come to mirror the image of the racialised perimeters of BN’s – particularly UMNO’s – politics.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T17:06:26Z
format Article
id iium-64763
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T17:06:26Z
publishDate 2018
publisher IIUMPress, International Islamic University Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling iium-647632018-07-26T02:21:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/ Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7. Ahmad, Khairil Izamin JA Political science (General) JQ715 Politics and Government in Malaysia L Education (General) Malaysia has arrived at an exciting moment in its history. With the result of its fourteenth general election (GE14), which took place on 9 May 2018, the 61-year rule of Barisan Nasional (BN) has come to an end. BN’s rule, which was marked mostly by its communitarian approach, has hitherto set the tone for how the Malaysian public spaces approach their social discourses, including on the understanding of the country’s history. By extension, nation building has come to mirror the image of the racialised perimeters of BN’s – particularly UMNO’s – politics. IIUMPress, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/1/64763_Halimah%20Mohd%20Said%2C%20Kalaivani.pdf Ahmad, Khairil Izamin (2018) Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7. Asiatic : IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 12 (1). pp. 231-234. E-ISSN 1985-3106 http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1227/813
spellingShingle JA Political science (General)
JQ715 Politics and Government in Malaysia
L Education (General)
Ahmad, Khairil Izamin
Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.
title Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.
title_full Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.
title_fullStr Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.
title_full_unstemmed Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.
title_short Halimah Mohd Said, Kalaivani Nadarajah, Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja and Asma Abdullah, eds. History for Nation Building. Kuala Lumpur: PCORE, 2018. 204 pp. ISBN 978-983-3221-83-7.
title_sort halimah mohd said, kalaivani nadarajah, sivachandralingam sundara raja and asma abdullah, eds. history for nation building. kuala lumpur: pcore, 2018. 204 pp. isbn 978-983-3221-83-7.
topic JA Political science (General)
JQ715 Politics and Government in Malaysia
L Education (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64763/1/64763_Halimah%20Mohd%20Said%2C%20Kalaivani.pdf