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Nietzsche, Heidegger and Colonialism Occupying South East Asia

190 Pages

by Routledge

190 Pages

by Routledge

190 Pages

by Routledge

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This text argues that Nietzsche’s idea of invalid policy that is believed to be valid and Heidegger’s concept of doubt as the reason for a representation are essentially the same idea. Using this insight, the text investigates vignettes from colonial occupation in Southeast Asia and its protest occupations to contend that untruth, covered in camouflages of constancy and morality, has been a... Read more

1. Openings 1

2. Heidegger and Nietzsche 21

3. Statues: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1963) 33

4. Judging Occupied Streets, Hong Kong (2014–2018) 41

5. Representation in ‘Captured’ Japanese Hong Kong (1941–1945) 54

6. Dasein of the Chrysanthemum Collaborators, Hong Kong (1941–1944) 67

7. Fading Validity: KMT Nationalism in Hong Kong (1946–1950) 81

8. Representing Christendom: Singapore’s Maria Hertogh Riots (1950) 95

9. The Commission of Inquiry into the 1950

Singapore Riots (1951) 104

10. The KMT in British Malaya: Failing Futurism (1950–1953) 111

11. Lee’s Favourite Communist, Singapore (1956–1969) 121