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People, Peace and Power-Ups: A Singaporean Retrospective
Paperback
PhilosophyLetters & EssaysGeneral Political Science
Publisher Price: $20.98
ISBN13: 9781923583245
Publisher: Min Seah
Published: Jan 14 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What does it mean to grow up alongside the nation you live in? When national and personal survival are so closely intertwined, what are the right questions to even answer?
In this thoughtful and accessible anthology, Min Seah reflects on the complex questions shaping life on one of the world's most remarkable little islands. Drawing from news, public discourse, and lived experience-not academic theory-these essays explore topics from meritocracy to the environment, identity to inequality, education to ambition. They ask not just where Singapore is headed but how the nation and its people live with the hand they're dealt.
Written in an honest, curious, and down-to-earth voice, People, Peace and Power-Ups invites readers to pause and think about the values, tensions, and trade-offs that have shaped Singapore's journey-and continue to shape our own.
This retrospection isn't here to offer easy answers. It's here to mark a moment, invite reflection, and give voice to the thoughts we often leave unspoken, especially as Singapore crosses its 60th year of independence.
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