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Tan Zi Hao keeps an eye on the discourse in Malaysia and looks for issues where the public and himself have overlooked. He writes about conflicts in the process of socialisation, identity formation and representation.
The Delusion of the Newness in a New Year Countdown

The Delusion of the Newness in a New Year Countdown

In solidarity with the activists now protesting in hunger in Dataran Merdeka.

What Perkasa and Malaysiakini Have in Common

What Perkasa and Malaysiakini Have in Common

An analysis of the white ang-pow debacle in favour of objectivity.

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PPSMI: Myths and the Bogeyman

PPSMI: Myths and the Bogeyman

Myths and more myths that muddy the waters of the PPSMI-MBMMBI discourse.

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A Critique of 1Malaysia: The Universal Conscience (4 of 5)

A Critique of 1Malaysia: The Universal Conscience (4 of 5)

The forth part of the critique focuses on the exploitation of post-political tsunami effects (so called ‘Collective Common Sense’), that gradually brings about the relevance of 1Malaysia as a notion to redefine the already defined but left unsettled, to re-evaluate the already evaluated but left unselected, to promise again the desired needs that are left unmet.

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A Critique on 1Malaysia: The Effects of Collective Common Sense (3 of 5)

A Critique on 1Malaysia: The Effects of Collective Common Sense (3 of 5)

How will the collective common sense affect our social condition when they linger over the populace?

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A Critique on 1Malaysia: Self-Contained Stupefaction (2 of 5)

A Critique on 1Malaysia: Self-Contained Stupefaction (2 of 5)

The social condition that gave rise to 1Malaysia lies in the chaotic and crisis-driven effect of post-political tsunami. This effect is taken for granted to sustain an assumption for activity or passivity, progress or regress. It is a self-contained stupefaction, the finality of politics.

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A Critique on 1Malaysia: Slogan as Political Ethos (1 of 5)

A Critique on 1Malaysia: Slogan as Political Ethos (1 of 5)

This article attempts to explicate the social condition after the political tsunami (March 2008) and argues that 1Malaysia, other than being a concept that unites, is an omnipotent political strategy resulted from the post-political tsunami condition.

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