Selective history and hegemony-making

The case of Singapore

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6299384
AutoresWalid Jumblatt Abdullah (0000-0002-7889-5532, National University of Singapore, Singapore and King’s College London, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume39
Fascículo4
Páginas473-486
Data de publicação2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192512116677305
OpenAlexW2585372285
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas33

This article attempts to analyze the process of selective history and hegemony-making in Singapore, and makes the following arguments. Firstly, the birth of the nation-state led the political elites to rely on several hegemonic ideologies as founding myths, chief of which is the idea of ‘survival’. Secondly, to create and sustain these ideologies, two things needed to be done concurrently: de-emphasize the Malay-ness of the nation’s past; and accentuate the racial/religious nature of sources to instability. Finally, the article makes the claim that these ideologies have been successfully perpetuated, and outlines the contours of this success. In making these arguments, the article hopes to argue against Singapore ‘exceptionalism’ in studies on democratization, and further contends that the link between ideas, history and authoritarianism needs to be considered more seriously

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democratization · Exceptionalism · Hegemony · Ideology · Mythology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia