Syed Farid al-Attas

{{short description|Malaysian sociologist}}

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|nationality = Malaysian

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|known_for = Research on the East-West dichotomy, decolonization of knowledge, Islamisation of knowledge and Muslim intellectualism

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|field = Sociology

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Syed Farid Alatas ({{langx|ar|سيد فريد العطاس}} {{Transliteration|ar|DIN|Sayyid Farīd al-ʿAṭṭās}}) is a Malaysian author and educator,{{cite news |title=Don laments neglect of Malay as an academic language |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/02/03/don-laments-neglect-of-malay-as-an-academic-language/ |work=Free Malaysia Today}} serving as a professor in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.[http://www.interactive.net.in/node/30 On the Future of Islamic Intellectualism] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032948/http://www.interactive.net.in/node/30 |date=2014-01-06 }}[http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/soc/faculty/sfalatas.html Syed Farid Alatas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032956/http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/soc/faculty/sfalatas.html |date=2014-01-06 }}[http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.sociologyofislam/files/IslamicPerspective12-2009.pdf Islamic Perspective] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032002/http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.sociologyofislam/files/IslamicPerspective12-2009.pdf |date=2014-01-06 }}

He was a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of World-Systems Research.https://web.archive.org/web/20140904072116/http://www.jwsr.org/boards-staff