Different Under God
Different Under God reveals the outcomes of a major survey of Protestant church-goers in Singapore. Conducted by Terence Chong and Hui Yew-Foong, between December 2009 and January 2011, this is a survey of 2663 people from 24 churches, consisting of
Different Under God
Different Under God reveals the outcomes of a major survey of Protestant church-goers in Singapore. Conducted by Terence Chong and Hui Yew-Foong, between December 2009 and January 2011, this is a survey of 2663 people from 24 churches, consisting of
There is a light that never goes out
John Banville’s Ancient Light, a story of love’s memory, its loss, and the pertinacious endurance of its forgetting, by its title alone suggests that the light, or the flame itself, is only ever rekindled. For Banville’s ageing actor-father Alexander Cleave—the
There is a light that never goes out
John Banville’s Ancient Light, a story of love’s memory, its loss, and the pertinacious endurance of its forgetting, by its title alone suggests that the light, or the flame itself, is only ever rekindled. For Banville’s ageing actor-father Alexander Cleave—the
Yasmin How You Know?
Almost 4 years after Yasmin Ahmad’s untimely departure, Yasmin How You Know? uncovers the legacy of the storyteller behind films such as Sepet and Gubra and distills it into the form of a book. This is no easy task, but
Yasmin How You Know?
Almost 4 years after Yasmin Ahmad’s untimely departure, Yasmin How You Know? uncovers the legacy of the storyteller behind films such as Sepet and Gubra and distills it into the form of a book. This is no easy task, but
Future Asian Space
In a long tradition of writing on architecture and urbanism, practitioners from Vitruvius to Corbusier sought to define fundamental principles that linked questions of meaning and social purpose to the design of physical form. In the contemporary extension of the
Future Asian Space
In a long tradition of writing on architecture and urbanism, practitioners from Vitruvius to Corbusier sought to define fundamental principles that linked questions of meaning and social purpose to the design of physical form. In the contemporary extension of the
In conversation: Relational Syntax
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=jI-lbHknXgI Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaO3rKlYZO8 Jeremy Fernando chats with Marco and Adam in the reading room at Tembusu College, NUS about writing, art, music, and the edited collection Relational Syntax. Relational Syntax: Aesthetic awareness and ideological experience in
In conversation: Relational Syntax
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=jI-lbHknXgI Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaO3rKlYZO8 Jeremy Fernando chats with Marco and Adam in the reading room at Tembusu College, NUS about writing, art, music, and the edited collection Relational Syntax. Relational Syntax: Aesthetic awareness and ideological experience in
Functionarian Therapy
Circumspective thought was a ruling class value. To be a master you must possess “reason”, you must be literate. A slave otherwise. Late modernity’s version of rational subjectivity gave rise to the dumbing down critique of the late twentieth century.
Functionarian Therapy
Circumspective thought was a ruling class value. To be a master you must possess “reason”, you must be literate. A slave otherwise. Late modernity’s version of rational subjectivity gave rise to the dumbing down critique of the late twentieth century.
The Reader as Neophyte Mystic
In a way, the book’s subtitle, “Conversations with Yahia Lababidi,” is misleading. Ostensibly, the book comprises Alex Stein’s dialogues with Lababidi on the literary luminaries Franz Kafka, Charles Baudelaire, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, Vilhelm Ekelund, and Søren Kierkegaard. But
The Reader as Neophyte Mystic
In a way, the book’s subtitle, “Conversations with Yahia Lababidi,” is misleading. Ostensibly, the book comprises Alex Stein’s dialogues with Lababidi on the literary luminaries Franz Kafka, Charles Baudelaire, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, Vilhelm Ekelund, and Søren Kierkegaard. But
The “Chinese-ness” of Chinese food
From cheung fan to spring rolls, chow mien to Hokkien mee, Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond explores the myriad paths and trajectories that Chinese food has taken in diaspora, and in doing so, shaped the indigenous
The “Chinese-ness” of Chinese food
From cheung fan to spring rolls, chow mien to Hokkien mee, Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond explores the myriad paths and trajectories that Chinese food has taken in diaspora, and in doing so, shaped the indigenous
Why you should read: The Twilight Saga
With the cinematic end of the vampire series in sight, the Singapore Review of Book‘s intrepid Jeremy Fernando suggests that, despite the general cynicism of its detractors, there are crucial lessons to be learnt from the fifty shades of pale.
Why you should read: The Twilight Saga
With the cinematic end of the vampire series in sight, the Singapore Review of Book‘s intrepid Jeremy Fernando suggests that, despite the general cynicism of its detractors, there are crucial lessons to be learnt from the fifty shades of pale.
Colonial Frames, Nationalist Histories
The history of urban growth and architecture are inextricably linked, and provide a good lens through which we can consider the rise and fall of social and political practice. As it has emerged in the global south, urbanism has become
Colonial Frames, Nationalist Histories
The history of urban growth and architecture are inextricably linked, and provide a good lens through which we can consider the rise and fall of social and political practice. As it has emerged in the global south, urbanism has become
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