I work on the political history of Southeast Asia, with a focus on Malaya and Singapore. My research sits at the intersection of historical sociology, Marxist political theory, and postcolonial studies, and is concerned with how colonial capitalism, communalism, and uneven development shaped the politics of decolonisation and the postcolonial state.
Journal articles
- The Malayan Communist Party and the Question of Hegemony: A Response to Lockwood’s The Politics of the Malayan Communist Party From 1930 to 1948
- The ‘theory of the unity of all classes and races against foreign capital’ in Malaya: Socialism, communalism, and uneven development in the thought of James Puthucheary
Book
Essays
- Traditionalism and the Passive Revolution of Capital in Malaya
- Work robots
- “Origins of the Present Crisis” in Malaysia
- Comments on the Society of the Spectacle and the Nature of Political Power in Malaysia
- “Some Aspects of the Southern Question” in Colonial Malaya
- Ownership and control in 21st century Malaysia