What does it mean to be a Malay? Or rather what is ‘malayness’ of a Malay? Apart from the physiological aspect that could be clearly observed, it is the cognitive, affective and spiritual aspect that warrants further examination. While being a Malay certainly hinges on a necessary spatiotemporal existence, there should be some commonalities of being a Malay that satisfy the sufficient requirements of more than being human; the Malay conscientiousness for instance. In this paper, the author examines the Malay Akal Budi in light of the human hierarchy of existence and levels of reality of the cosmos. A general theory of the Malay Akal Budi is formulated towards the end
Recently, the emergence of the keris to symbolise the Malay psyche and spirit during the UMNO assemb...
Before the advent of Islam, Malay societies professed animism. This situation changed after the adve...
The main purpose of this paper is to develop a scale -- the Malayness Scale -- to measure ethnic ori...
The word Budi is a well-known term in the Malay-speaking world and has numerous meanings. In this ar...
This paper aims to discuss informatively and critically-philosophically the two main discourses, nam...
The Malay World has undergone several formative experiences in interacting with nature, the latest ...
The Melaka Chetti Indians are a small community of ‘peranakan’ (Malay meaning ‘locally born’) people...
The meaning of light in Malay culture have been understood not only in the scientific and physical s...
The Western society hold onto the idea of living by seeing and believing in something logical throug...
The spread of Islam to the Malay World, a term used to refer to the majority of Malay-Muslim domina...
“Unknown, therefore unloved”, “Tak Tak Cinta Sayang So”. This phrase became the basis of the author ...
Mainly the article tries to demonstrate some aspects of the Malay worldview as understood from the o...
Malaysia is a mult-ethnic society with Malays, Chinese, Indians and others. Each group has its own s...
Malay is a special term in archipelago which has a specific meaning. It is closely associated with t...
Universal civilization changes occurred in the local Malay culture. Historically, the distinctive Ma...
Recently, the emergence of the keris to symbolise the Malay psyche and spirit during the UMNO assemb...
Before the advent of Islam, Malay societies professed animism. This situation changed after the adve...
The main purpose of this paper is to develop a scale -- the Malayness Scale -- to measure ethnic ori...
The word Budi is a well-known term in the Malay-speaking world and has numerous meanings. In this ar...
This paper aims to discuss informatively and critically-philosophically the two main discourses, nam...
The Malay World has undergone several formative experiences in interacting with nature, the latest ...
The Melaka Chetti Indians are a small community of ‘peranakan’ (Malay meaning ‘locally born’) people...
The meaning of light in Malay culture have been understood not only in the scientific and physical s...
The Western society hold onto the idea of living by seeing and believing in something logical throug...
The spread of Islam to the Malay World, a term used to refer to the majority of Malay-Muslim domina...
“Unknown, therefore unloved”, “Tak Tak Cinta Sayang So”. This phrase became the basis of the author ...
Mainly the article tries to demonstrate some aspects of the Malay worldview as understood from the o...
Malaysia is a mult-ethnic society with Malays, Chinese, Indians and others. Each group has its own s...
Malay is a special term in archipelago which has a specific meaning. It is closely associated with t...
Universal civilization changes occurred in the local Malay culture. Historically, the distinctive Ma...
Recently, the emergence of the keris to symbolise the Malay psyche and spirit during the UMNO assemb...
Before the advent of Islam, Malay societies professed animism. This situation changed after the adve...
The main purpose of this paper is to develop a scale -- the Malayness Scale -- to measure ethnic ori...