Syed Farid Alatas
Title
Syed Farid Alatas
Birth Date
1961
Birthplace
Nederlands | Malaysian
Primary Sources
Alatas, S. F. (2021). Deparochialising the canon: the case of sociological theory. Journal of Historical Sociology, 34(1), 13-27. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/johs.12314
Alatas, S. F., & Sinha, V. (2017). Sociological theory beyond the canon. Springer.
Alatas, S.F. (2016). Captive Mind. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, G. Ritzer (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc006.pub2
Alatas, S. F. (2014). Applying Ibn Khaldūn: The recovery of a lost tradition in sociology. Routledge.
Alatas, S. F. (2013). Ibn Khaldun. Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies: Oxford University Press.
Alatas, S. F. (2007). Captive mind. The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology, 1-3. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc006.pub2
Alatas, S. F. (2007). The historical sociology of Muslim societies: Khaldunian applications. International Sociology, 22(3), 267-288. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0268580907076570
Alatas, S. F. (2006). Alternative discourses in Asian social science: Responses to Eurocentrism. Sage.
Alatas, S. F. (2006). Ibn Khaldūn and contemporary sociology. International sociology, 21(6), 782-795.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0268580906067790
Alatas, S.F. (2003) Academic dependency and the globaldivision of labour in the social sciences. Current Sociology, 51 (6), 599–613
Alatas, S. F. (2006). Ibn Khaldūn and contemporary sociology. International sociology, 21(6), 782-795.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0268580906067790
Alatas, S.F. (2003) Academic dependency and the globaldivision of labour in the social sciences. Current Sociology, 51 (6), 599–613
Alatas, S. F. (2001). Alternative Discourses in Southeast Asia. Sari, 19, 49-67.
Alatas, S. F., & Sinha, V. (2001). Teaching classical sociological theory in Singapore: The context of Eurocentrism. Teaching Sociology, 316-331. https://doi.org/10.2307/1319190
Alatas, S. (1997). Democracy and authoritarianism in Indonesia and Malaysia: The rise of the post-colonial state. Springer.
Alatas, S. F. (1993). A Khaldunian perspective on the dynamics of Asiatic societies. Comparative Civilizations Review, 29-51.
Alatas, S. F. (1993). On the indigenization of academic discourse. Alternatives, 18(3), 307-338. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/030437549301800303
Secondary Sources
Mavundla, B., & Oladejo, A. O. (2025). Overcoming African sociology’s epistemological obstacles through African philosophy: lessons from Jonathan Chimakonam’s conversational philosophy. African Identities, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2025.2565305
Gökdağ, K. (2020). Syed Farid Alatas. Applying Ibn Khaldūn: The Recovery of a Lost Tradition in Sociology. Nazariyat. Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences 6(1), 259–63.
Ravi, S., Rutten, M., & Goh, B. (Eds.). (2004). Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia (IIAS-ISEAS Series on Asia). ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/asia-in-europe-europe-in-asia/E223FB709A84617EB3F37BFA630B3D53
Extra Resources
Syed Farid Alatas: "Theorising from Asia". (2020, September 18). Decolonial Studies Program-UP CIDS. Youtube. Accessed May 13, 2022.
Decolonising Universities - Syed Farid Alatas. (2011, July 11). TV Multiversity International Conference. Youtube. Accessed May 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9we3ZNew_c,
Collection
Citation
“Syed Farid Alatas,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed March 28, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/798.