期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：12
页码：174-185
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i12/3603
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The majority of orientalist embrace logical empirical of positivism; the pure practice of reason as a method to intense a precise scientific fact based on a systematic and comprehensive research methods. It eventually, has created a skeptic and prejudice character of Malay community. This article, therefore focuses on the analysis of orientalist’ allegations to Malays indolence demeanor, and determines the veracious accounts. Firstly, the author describes approach practiced by the orientalists while evaluating Malays, proceeds to secularism implementation process of the former to the latter in Malaya. The author then, exhibits divergence understandings of local academicians in order to reinforce the actual fact. This study applies historical methods, comparative and content analysis due to orientalist’ attitude towards indolence of Malays. The study results that orientalist view regarding laziness of Malays in Malaya is molded upon design needs and interests of the British colonial. It is, thereupon intended to deflect the truth with the purpose to create a negative image of indigenous people. This is due to deficiencies to understand the community by orientalist, and of their rationale centered on Europe i.e. Euro-centrism that outstretched European as nation's premier and civilized compared to other nations include Asia and onwards.
