Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (2017), Michigan State University, is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Olivet College. He is the Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory, and the Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press. He has published numerous monographs, edited volumes, and articles on Islam, Critical Theory, and Political Philosophy. His latest books include: The Frankfurt School and the Dialectics of Religion: Translating Critical Faith into Critical Theory (Ekpyrosis Press, 2020), The Critique of Religion and Religion’s Critique: On Dialectical Religiology (Brill, 2020), and Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory: A View from the Wretched (Brill, 2020). Seyed Javad Miri, Ph.D. (2002), Bristol University, is Professor of Sociology and History of Religions at that Institute. He has published more than 61 books and 100+ articles on various issues related to Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology. He is a specialist in Islamic Social Theory, Inter-civilizational Discourse, and Contemporary Islamic Thought. He is also the founder of the journal Islamic Perspective, and serves as the co-director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad MiriPart 1Alatas’ Work and Legacy1 Developing a School of Autonomous Knowledge Thoughts of the Late Syed Hussein AlatasSyed Imad Alatas2 The Midlife of an Idea Syed Hussein Alatas’ Captive Mind after Fifty YearsMasturah AlatasPart 2Theorizing the Captive Mind3 Alatas on Colonial and Autonomous KnowledgeSyed Farid Alatas4 The Psychological Dynamics of Mental Captivity Subsequent Conceptual DevelopmentsDustin J. Byrd5 The Cartography of Reception of ‘The Captive Mind’ in IranEsmaeil Zeiny6 “The Captive Mind” and Social Sciences in Southeast Asia Syed Hussein AlatasMona Abaza7 The Captive Mind Syndrome in Indian SociologyN. Jayaram8 Psychological Feudalism Malay Political Culture and Responses towards ModernizationNorshahril Saat9 “Irrational” Beliefs in a “Rational” World Religion and ModernizationHira AminPart 3Mythologizing and Demythologizing the Native10 Demythologizing Dominant Discourses Syed Hussein Alatas’ The Myth of the Lazy Native and the Discourse on Malay Cultural Values and UnderdevelopmentZawawi Ibrahim11 Syed Hussein Alatas Colonialism and ModernityJoseph Alagha and Mostafa Soueid12 The Invention of “Islam” How (Lazy) Historians and Social Scientists Created a FantasyCarimo MohomedPart 4Alatas and the Socio-political13 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of IntellectualsSeyed Javad Miri14 West-Centric Geopolitical Discourse Situating Syed Hussein Alatas in International RelationsSharifah Munirah Alatas15 Alatas Pioneer in the Study of, and the Struggle against, CorruptionChandra Muzaffar16 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Political ThoughtTeo Lee Ken17 Contributions of Syed Hussein Alatas towards Global SociologyHabibul Haque Khondker18 East-West Interactions and Complexities Syed Hussein Alatas, Willem Wertheim and Edward SaidVictor T. King19 Hidden Connections Syed Hussein Alatas and Latin American SociologyJoão Marcelo E. MaiaIndex

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (2017), Michigan State University, is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Olivet College. He is the Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory, and the Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press. He has published numerous monographs, edited volumes, and articles on Islam, Critical Theory, and Political Philosophy. His latest books include: The Frankfurt School and the Dialectics of Religion: Translating Critical Faith into Critical Theory (Ekpyrosis Press, 2020), The Critique of Religion and Religion’s Critique: On Dialectical Religiology (Brill, 2020), and Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory: A View from the Wretched (Brill, 2020). Seyed Javad Miri, Ph.D. (2002), Bristol University, is Professor of Sociology and History of Religions at that Institute. He has published more than 61 books and 100+ articles on various issues related to Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology. He is a specialist in Islamic Social Theory, Inter-civilizational Discourse, and Contemporary Islamic Thought. He is also the founder of the journal Islamic Perspective, and serves as the co-director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad MiriPart 1Alatas’ Work and Legacy1 Developing a School of Autonomous Knowledge Thoughts of the Late Syed Hussein AlatasSyed Imad Alatas2 The Midlife of an Idea Syed Hussein Alatas’ Captive Mind after Fifty YearsMasturah AlatasPart 2Theorizing the Captive Mind3 Alatas on Colonial and Autonomous KnowledgeSyed Farid Alatas4 The Psychological Dynamics of Mental Captivity Subsequent Conceptual DevelopmentsDustin J. Byrd5 The Cartography of Reception of ‘The Captive Mind’ in IranEsmaeil Zeiny6 “The Captive Mind” and Social Sciences in Southeast Asia Syed Hussein AlatasMona Abaza7 The Captive Mind Syndrome in Indian SociologyN. Jayaram8 Psychological Feudalism Malay Political Culture and Responses towards ModernizationNorshahril Saat9 “Irrational” Beliefs in a “Rational” World Religion and ModernizationHira AminPart 3Mythologizing and Demythologizing the Native10 Demythologizing Dominant Discourses Syed Hussein Alatas’ The Myth of the Lazy Native and the Discourse on Malay Cultural Values and UnderdevelopmentZawawi Ibrahim11 Syed Hussein Alatas Colonialism and ModernityJoseph Alagha and Mostafa Soueid12 The Invention of “Islam” How (Lazy) Historians and Social Scientists Created a FantasyCarimo MohomedPart 4Alatas and the Socio-political13 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of IntellectualsSeyed Javad Miri14 West-Centric Geopolitical Discourse Situating Syed Hussein Alatas in International RelationsSharifah Munirah Alatas15 Alatas Pioneer in the Study of, and the Struggle against, CorruptionChandra Muzaffar16 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Political ThoughtTeo Lee Ken17 Contributions of Syed Hussein Alatas towards Global SociologyHabibul Haque Khondker18 East-West Interactions and Complexities Syed Hussein Alatas, Willem Wertheim and Edward SaidVictor T. King19 Hidden Connections Syed Hussein Alatas and Latin American SociologyJoão Marcelo E. MaiaIndex

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (2017), Michigan State University, is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Olivet College. He is the Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory, and the Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press. He has published numerous monographs, edited volumes, and articles on Islam, Critical Theory, and Political Philosophy. His latest books include: The Frankfurt School and the Dialectics of Religion: Translating Critical Faith into Critical Theory (Ekpyrosis Press, 2020), The Critique of Religion and Religion’s Critique: On Dialectical Religiology (Brill, 2020), and Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory: A View from the Wretched (Brill, 2020). Seyed Javad Miri, Ph.D. (2002), Bristol University, is Professor of Sociology and History of Religions at that Institute. He has published more than 61 books and 100+ articles on various issues related to Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology. He is a specialist in Islamic Social Theory, Inter-civilizational Discourse, and Contemporary Islamic Thought. He is also the founder of the journal Islamic Perspective, and serves as the co-director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad MiriPart 1Alatas’ Work and Legacy1 Developing a School of Autonomous Knowledge Thoughts of the Late Syed Hussein AlatasSyed Imad Alatas2 The Midlife of an Idea Syed Hussein Alatas’ Captive Mind after Fifty YearsMasturah AlatasPart 2Theorizing the Captive Mind3 Alatas on Colonial and Autonomous KnowledgeSyed Farid Alatas4 The Psychological Dynamics of Mental Captivity Subsequent Conceptual DevelopmentsDustin J. Byrd5 The Cartography of Reception of ‘The Captive Mind’ in IranEsmaeil Zeiny6 “The Captive Mind” and Social Sciences in Southeast Asia Syed Hussein AlatasMona Abaza7 The Captive Mind Syndrome in Indian SociologyN. Jayaram8 Psychological Feudalism Malay Political Culture and Responses towards ModernizationNorshahril Saat9 “Irrational” Beliefs in a “Rational” World Religion and ModernizationHira AminPart 3Mythologizing and Demythologizing the Native10 Demythologizing Dominant Discourses Syed Hussein Alatas’ The Myth of the Lazy Native and the Discourse on Malay Cultural Values and UnderdevelopmentZawawi Ibrahim11 Syed Hussein Alatas Colonialism and ModernityJoseph Alagha and Mostafa Soueid12 The Invention of “Islam” How (Lazy) Historians and Social Scientists Created a FantasyCarimo MohomedPart 4Alatas and the Socio-political13 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of IntellectualsSeyed Javad Miri14 West-Centric Geopolitical Discourse Situating Syed Hussein Alatas in International RelationsSharifah Munirah Alatas15 Alatas Pioneer in the Study of, and the Struggle against, CorruptionChandra Muzaffar16 Syed Hussein Alatas and the Question of Political ThoughtTeo Lee Ken17 Contributions of Syed Hussein Alatas towards Global SociologyHabibul Haque Khondker18 East-West Interactions and Complexities Syed Hussein Alatas, Willem Wertheim and Edward SaidVictor T. King19 Hidden Connections Syed Hussein Alatas and Latin American SociologyJoão Marcelo E. MaiaIndex