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Intellectuals

Roles and Reckonings

By: K.J. Ratnam

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“It is an important quality of the intellectual mind that it remains open to doubt and is tolerant, even welcoming, of alternative views and explanations. This is a strength, not a weakness. Those who think only dogmatically and ideologically, on the other hand, entertain few if any doubts and regard themselves as being invariably right. This is a weakness, not a strength.” * In this new edition of 'Intellectuals, Creativity and Intolerance', the trials and tribulations of the intellectual in the modern age are analysed in detail. The challenge facing intellectuals as a class is where they stand and how to act in an increasingly opaque world, one in which a stand must be taken with regard to the political forces that lie in wait. By engaging with ideas ranging from ideological rifts and political responsibility to the vastness of the natural world and the inherent strangeness of the universe, 'Intellectuals' offers a more critical look at our milieu and reorients us towards a more critical future.

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Intellectuals, Creativitiy and Intolerance (Penerbit USM)

By: K. J. Ratnam

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Intellectuals, Creativitiy and Intolerance (Penerbit USM)

By: K. J. Ratnam

Professor Emeritus Dato’ K.J. Ratnam is a political scientist who received his higher education at the University of Malaya (B.A. 1956), the University of British Columbia (M.A. 1958) and the London School of Economics (Ph.D. 1960). He was Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Singapore before taking up the position of Foundation Dean of the School of Comparative Social Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia (then University of Penang) in 1970. He subsequently held the posts of Director of the Centre for Policy Research, Dean of Graduate Studies and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development. He was conferred the title of Professor Emeritus in 1993. Professor Emeritus Dato’ K.J. Ratnam has been an active researcher and has published extensively on topics ranging from Malaysian politics and race relations to social science development, political sociology, education, R&D planning and science and technology policy. In January 2003, he was appointed to the University’s newly-created Tuanku Chancellor Chair of Science and Technology Policy and Development. Professor Emeritus Ratnam is now retired and lives in Kuala Lumpur.

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9674610839

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Intellectuals, Creativitiy and Intolerance (Penerbit USM)

By: K. J. Ratnam

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Identity, Nationhood and State-Building in Malaysia

By: Emeritus Professor Dato’ K.J. Ratnam & Dr Patrick Pillai

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Identity, Nationhood and State-Building in Malaysia

By: Emeritus Professor Dato’ K.J. Ratnam & Dr Patrick Pillai

Identity, loyalty and nation building are key global challenges today. In the first part of this book, Emeritus Professor K.J. Ratnam, a leading Malaysian social scientist, discusses multiple identities in complex societies, political loyalty, and the challenges that ethnic and religious differences pose for social cohesion. In the second section of the book, done in conversational style, he talks to researcher-writer Patrick Pillai about the importance of regaining the middle ground in Malaysian politics. He expresses a clear preference for civic over ethnic nationalism, arguing that, by embracing all citizens, it provides a more sustainable basis for loyalty. Among key issues discussed are whether Malaysia is a 13-State or a three-State federation, democracy and governance, ethnic politics, and electoral reform. Professor Ratnam also analyses current political alignments and their impact on ethnic relations, the perils of ethnic stereotyping, and the need for a national consensus on foundational issues. He says visions, narratives, national ideologies and constitutions may be useful in bringing people together, but are not enough for holding them together, and suggests some practical ways this problem can be overcome. Sweeping in scope yet detailed in analysis, this publication will interest scholars, students, policy makers and laymen, and encourage reflection on useful ways of facing up to the many complex challenges confronting multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies like Malaysia.

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Intellectuals

Roles and Reckonings

By: K.J. Ratnam

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Malaysia

New States in a New Nation

By: R.S. Milne,K.J. Ratnam

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Malaysia

New States in a New Nation

By: R.S. Milne,K.J. Ratnam

First Published in 1974. Throughout this title two interweaving and interacting themes are apparent. One is the changes resulting from the increasingly important role of politics and politicians in states which until 1963 had been colonies. Politics is, as it were, superimposed on administration. The other is the impact of the Federal Government. From 1963 onwards Sarawak and Sabah were changing because they were “new states”. A short bibliography includes a section on Malaya/Malaysia, which is necessary because this book studies a rather unusual form of the problem of political development as Sarawak and Sabah are not independent countries.

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Routledge

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1135160686

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9781135160685

Handbook on Array Processing and Sensor Networks

By: Simon Haykin,K. J. Ray Liu

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Handbook on Array Processing and Sensor Networks

By: Simon Haykin,K. J. Ray Liu

A handbook on recent advancements and the state of the art in array processing and sensor Networks Handbook on Array Processing and Sensor Networks provides readers with a collection of tutorial articles contributed by world-renowned experts on recent advancements and the state of the art in array processing and sensor networks. Focusing on fundamental principles as well as applications, the handbook provides exhaustive coverage of: wavelets; spatial spectrum estimation; MIMO radio propagation; robustness issues in sensor array processing; wireless communications and sensing in multi-path environments using multi-antenna transceivers; implicit training and array processing for digital communications systems; unitary design of radar waveform diversity sets; acoustic array processing for speech enhancement; acoustic beamforming for hearing aid applications; undetermined blind source separation using acoustic arrays; array processing in astronomy; digital 3D/4D ultrasound imaging technology; self-localization of sensor networks; multi-target tracking and classification in collaborative sensor networks via sequential Monte Carlo; energy-efficient decentralized estimation; sensor data fusion with application to multi-target tracking; distributed algorithms in sensor networks; cooperative communications; distributed source coding; network coding for sensor networks; information-theoretic studies of wireless networks; distributed adaptive learning mechanisms; routing for statistical inference in sensor networks; spectrum estimation in cognitive radios; nonparametric techniques for pedestrian tracking in wireless local area networks; signal processing and networking via the theory of global games; biochemical transport modeling, estimation, and detection in realistic environments; and security and privacy for sensor networks. Handbook on Array Processing and Sensor Networks is the first book of its kind and will appeal to researchers, professors, and graduate students in array processing, sensor networks, advanced signal processing, and networking.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470487054

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9780470487051

Handbook of Textile and Apparel Costing

By: R. Rathinamoorthy,R. Surjit,K. J. Vishnu Vardhini

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Handbook of Textile and Apparel Costing

By: R. Rathinamoorthy,R. Surjit,K. J. Vishnu Vardhini

Handbook of Textile and Apparel Costing covers a wider area of the costing aspects of industrial and academic requirements from spinning to the apparel sector. It is a one of its kind in the textile and fashion discipline that covers the cost calculation methods of every manufacturing step in entirety: spinning, weaving, processing, and apparel manufacturing. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)

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CRC Press

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1040001866

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Malaysia

New States in a New Nation

By: R.S. Milne,K.J. Ratnam

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New States in a New Nation

By: R.S. Milne,K.J. Ratnam

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1135160619

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