KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Academics and scholars should only make statements in areas of their discipline and backed with facts and data, Higher Education Minister Zambry Abdul...
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He warned academics against making populist statements, when answering Pulai MP Suhaizan Kaiat’s supplementary question on differentiating intellectual freedom from the potential for irresponsible parties to monopolise academic discourse.“As Syed Hussein Alatas described it, this is ‘intellectual laziness,’ a form of ‘captive mind, ‘” he said during the ministerial question session at parliament.
“University lecturers can say anything, but it must be tied to their discipline and good foundations, good data,” Zambry said citing Edward Said’s book “The Representation of the Intellectual” which said people are given the freedom to speak on any subject based on traditions and facts.
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