Acknowledgement
I am forever indebted to my supervisor, Prof Sorin Baiasu, for his comments
on an extended version of this paper that I had submitted in partial
fulfilment of my MRes Philosophy course. Moreover, I am grateful to Dr
Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore, for his correspondence,
in which he explained to me that the literature in comparative sociology
is increasing. Additionally, I would like to express my gratitude to all my
tutors, family, and friends for discussing with me some of the issues that
I have raised in this paper. Finally, I would like to show my gratitude to
the organisers of the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences Postgraduate
Conference, April 2019, for allowing me to present my arguments.
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