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		<title>Book Review:Hitler&#8217;s Willing Executioners by Daniel J. Goldhagen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Holocaust has become a symbol of absolute evil among Western historians. This is because the Holocaust was perpetrated by what was arguably the most technologically and culturally advanced country of Europe at that time. That Germany then could systematically execute six million innocent and helpless Jews is both horrifying and  incomprehensible. To be sure, scholars researching this episode have made considerable progress with increasing access to hitherto forbidden archives. We now know in great details the whole machinery of death deployed by the Third Reich that implemented the program of genocide. It is strange though, that despite all these new details, scholars are not any nearer in agreeing on an explanation for the causes of the genocide.]]></description>
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		<title>The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 06:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public often receives seductive calls coming from religious ideologues who promise us spiritual peace if only we submit to a power alliance between religion and government: Public order will prosper if the unchanging laws of God are implemented, if not imposed, by a central sovereign. Law, politics and religion form a threefold cable that cannot be easily broken and offers itself as a well nigh irresistible seduction to citizens who are disturbed by the breakdown of morality in modern society.

Political power is often legitimized by sophisticated ideological rhetoric. The difficult and delicate task of exposing the damaging consequences resulting from the entanglement between religion and politics requires a close analysis of the dynamics of power struggle between the protagonists. Social conflict is guaranteed precisely because the clerics are rigidly imbued with a sense of righteousness that must impose their religious vision upon pluralistic civil society without compromise and without any regard for citizens of different convictions. What is conflict but a disregard for compromise in the public sphere?

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		<title>Review: The Chinese in Malaysia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is undeniable that the Chinese community contributed much towards the development of Malaysia. There is, however, a lack of scholarly studies on the Chinese community as a whole. In the absence of such documentation, it is tempting for some people to downplay and even ignore the contribution of the early Chinese community which helped Malaysia attain the status of a modern state. The need for Chinese scholars to present accurate historical facts that demonstrate how the Chinese community contributed towards nation building has become especially urgent. Such studies will also help contemporary Chinese to appreciate afresh the exemplary virtues left by their forebears such as economic prudence, perseverance and concern for communal welfare.]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Gellner, Civil Society &amp; Conditions of Liberty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Civil Society’ has become fashionable in local political discourse. This slogan was overlooked despite the prominence it gained as a platform to rally human rights activists in their struggle against communist rulers in Eastern Europe.  Only when the Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Anwar Ibrahim linked Civil Society (Masyrakat Madani) to democracy did the term generate curiosity and excitement. A relatively unknown term was suddenly transformed into a buzzword among the local intelligentsia.]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Summer for the Gods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a rumor abroad that the Christian religion has been discredited by the advancement of science. The death blow in this ‘Warfare of Science with Theology’, to echo a phrase by Andrew White, was inflicted in the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925. It is alleged that Christian fundamentalism was so badly defeated that it was despatched to the subcultures of America.]]></description>
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		<title>Feet of Clay: A Study of Gurus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are truly living in an age of anti-heroes. This can be inferred from the way films make fun of traditional role models of society. For example, priests are depicted as hypocrites and law officers are often portrayed as incompetent and abusive. In response, some government authorities have resorted to religious education as a means to repel such cynicism. Unfortunately, in the process, religion also becomes a means of social control. Consequently, many people find spirituality desiccated and deadened by formal social rituals. Religious seekers looking for inspiration feel oppressed by legalistic authorities and their religious regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Values, Western Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kam Weng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western media experts tend to rely on convenient stereotypes in their representation of Asia and in news coverage. Such stereotypes may provide some good entertainment. Thus Hollywood presents to us mysterious Kung Fu masters and Tibetan monks who speak in riddles and dish out aphoristic wisdom. On the other hand, shallow stereotypes can also perpetuate prejudices that mislead policy makers. For instance, Western media reports on Asian societies rightly critique the abuses of authoritarian governments in Asia. Unfortunately, these reports show little awareness of the complexities that arose when diverse ethnic communities were artificially bonded together by colonial administrators in history of these new modern nation-states.]]></description>
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