Competing Identities in a Plural Society

Download or read book Competing Identities in a Plural Society written by Ibrahim Saad and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 1980 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This a study of national identity in a plural society, Malaysia is a plural society divided by racial, linguistic, and religious cleavages. It had attempetd to forge a national identity overriding these primordial identities. This study probes the extent to which national identity exists among these groups. It also attempts to detect the relationship between national identity and political attitudes towards the nation and political knowledge.