Remembering LKY : the crafting of the LKY narrative
During Lee Kuan Yew’s (‘Lee’) death in 2015, an unexpected phenomenon occurred – the worship of Lee. Alongside this worship, Lee experienced the elevation of his status, magnification of his contributions, and widespread perpetuation of him to the younger generations. In this essay, it is argued...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76661 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | During Lee Kuan Yew’s (‘Lee’) death in 2015, an unexpected
phenomenon occurred – the worship of Lee. Alongside this worship, Lee
experienced the elevation of his status, magnification of his contributions, and
widespread perpetuation of him to the younger generations. In this essay, it is
argued that the apparent worship observed in 2015 could not have possibly
been produced solely from the overwhelming grief or crowd psychology
experienced. Rather, it was the culmination of the repeated elements within the
Singapore Story that had overlapped and intertwined with Lee’s history and
experiences.
This repetition of the elements marking the Singapore story began when
Lee’s just won the first election and took office in 1965. The two entities
continued to intertwine unti l his death, where it peaked and caused the
widespread proliferation of Lee’s narrative. This essay will use the framework
by Charlotte Linde in the way institutions, in this case the government who is
seen as synonymous to Lee, uses narratives to remember and shape its
members (Singaporeans) identity. |
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