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The Semiotics of Singapore’s Founding Myths of Multiracialism and Meritocracy

Abstract  

Conventional wisdom maintains that Singapore, a one-time marginal British commercial post of 580 km2 devoid of any natural resources, and a general population of merely two million, emerged from the ruins of a bitter partition
from Malaysia, and a hotbed of ethnic communalism and Communism to achieve ‘First World’ economic status in a generation.
Indeed, multi-ethnic Singapore is today Southeast Asia’s high-tech hub with a burgeoning class of professionals and technicians.
Accordingly, this paper seeks to elucidate the central “signs” that constitute the grand narrative of independent Singapore,
identify the interpretive networks and verify its materialization. In so doing, this essay will scrutinize the place of Peircean
semiotics within sociological theories and demonstrate its relevance to historical sociology.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 261-275
  • DOI 10.1007/s12108-011-9134-1
  • Authors
    • Kiat-Jin Lee, Colleges & Universities 2000, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
    • Journal The American Sociologist
    • Online ISSN 1936-4784
    • Print ISSN 0003-1232
    • Journal Volume Volume 42
    • Journal Issue Volume 42, Numbers 2-3
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 07/24/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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