Zaheer Baber
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zaheer Baber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zaheer |
| FAMILY NAME | Baber |
| SIGNATURE | BABER Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
C. Wright Mills on the “Academic Pose,” “Academic Prose” and Critical Social Science
Of Research, Revenue and “Whales”
Racism without Races
‘The metaphor of race is a dangerous weapon whether it is used for asserting white supremacy or for making demands on behalf of the disadvantaged groups...Treating caste as a form of race is politically mischievous; what is worse, it is scientifically nonsensical’. Andre ‘...what is in fact “scientifically nonsensical” is Professor Beteille’s misunderstanding of “race”. What is mischievous is his insistence that India’s system of ascribed system …
Global DNA
Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle
Book Review| January 01 2008 Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century. Laxman D. Satya. Zaheer Baber Zaheer Baber Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2008) 82 (1): 109–110. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-82.1.109 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Zaheer Bab…
CyberAsia
Engendering or Endangering Democracy? The Internet, Civil Society and the Public Sphere
In recent discussions, the role of the Internet in facilitating democratization has been either exaggerated or underestimated. The general consensus seems to be that that the Internet will eventually go the way of other technologies of communication such as the radio and television that failed to live up to their expected role of agents of democratization. Rather than empower marginal groups and constituencies, the Internet could even contribute …
The Internet and Social Change
Sites' of resistance
Much attention has been focused on Singapore's attempt to use information technology to build a knowledge-based economy. This paper examines the implications of the unintended consequences of the Internet in the restructuring of state and society relations in Singapore.We use the data on Singapore-based and Singapore-related websites to show (a) the diversity of positions expressed by civil society organizations, fringe groups and even mainstream…
Colonizing nature
In this paper, the role of scientific knowledge, institutions and colonialism in mutually co-producing each other is analysed. Under the overarching rubric of colonial structures and imperatives, amateur scientists sought to deploy scientific expertise to expand the empire while at the same time seeking to take advantage of the opportunities to develop their careers as 'scientists'. The role of a complex interplay of structure and agency in the d…
"Science and Technology Studies after the "Science Wars
Introduction
The Concept of Social Structure
Sites' of resistance
Much attention has been focused on Singapore's attempt to use information technology to build a knowledge-based economy. This paper examines the implications of the unintended consequences of the Internet in the restructuring of state and society relations in Singapore.We use the data on Singapore-based and Singapore-related websites to show (a) the diversity of positions expressed by civil society organizations, fringe groups and even mainstream…
Racism without Races
‘The metaphor of race is a dangerous weapon whether it is used for asserting white supremacy or for making demands on behalf of the disadvantaged groups...Treating caste as a form of race is politically mischievous; what is worse, it is scientifically nonsensical’. Andre ‘...what is in fact “scientifically nonsensical” is Professor Beteille’s misunderstanding of “race”. What is mischievous is his insistence that India’s system of ascribed system …
Colonizing nature
In this paper, the role of scientific knowledge, institutions and colonialism in mutually co-producing each other is analysed. Under the overarching rubric of colonial structures and imperatives, amateur scientists sought to deploy scientific expertise to expand the empire while at the same time seeking to take advantage of the opportunities to develop their careers as 'scientists'. The role of a complex interplay of structure and agency in the d…
The Concept of Social Structure
Engendering or Endangering Democracy? The Internet, Civil Society and the Public Sphere
In recent discussions, the role of the Internet in facilitating democratization has been either exaggerated or underestimated. The general consensus seems to be that that the Internet will eventually go the way of other technologies of communication such as the radio and television that failed to live up to their expected role of agents of democratization. Rather than empower marginal groups and constituencies, the Internet could even contribute …
C. Wright Mills on the “Academic Pose,” “Academic Prose” and Critical Social Science
"Science and Technology Studies after the "Science Wars
The Concept of Social Structure
"Science and Technology Studies after the "Science Wars
Introduction
Colonizing nature
In this paper, the role of scientific knowledge, institutions and colonialism in mutually co-producing each other is analysed. Under the overarching rubric of colonial structures and imperatives, amateur scientists sought to deploy scientific expertise to expand the empire while at the same time seeking to take advantage of the opportunities to develop their careers as 'scientists'. The role of a complex interplay of structure and agency in the d…
Engendering or Endangering Democracy? The Internet, Civil Society and the Public Sphere
In recent discussions, the role of the Internet in facilitating democratization has been either exaggerated or underestimated. The general consensus seems to be that that the Internet will eventually go the way of other technologies of communication such as the radio and television that failed to live up to their expected role of agents of democratization. Rather than empower marginal groups and constituencies, the Internet could even contribute …
The Internet and Social Change
Sites' of resistance
Much attention has been focused on Singapore's attempt to use information technology to build a knowledge-based economy. This paper examines the implications of the unintended consequences of the Internet in the restructuring of state and society relations in Singapore.We use the data on Singapore-based and Singapore-related websites to show (a) the diversity of positions expressed by civil society organizations, fringe groups and even mainstream…
CyberAsia
Global DNA
Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle
Book Review| January 01 2008 Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century. Laxman D. Satya. Zaheer Baber Zaheer Baber Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2008) 82 (1): 109–110. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-82.1.109 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Zaheer Bab…
Racism without Races
‘The metaphor of race is a dangerous weapon whether it is used for asserting white supremacy or for making demands on behalf of the disadvantaged groups...Treating caste as a form of race is politically mischievous; what is worse, it is scientifically nonsensical’. Andre ‘...what is in fact “scientifically nonsensical” is Professor Beteille’s misunderstanding of “race”. What is mischievous is his insistence that India’s system of ascribed system …
Of Research, Revenue and “Whales”
C. Wright Mills on the “Academic Pose,” “Academic Prose” and Critical Social Science
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Asian studies (5 works) · China (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · The Internet (3 works)