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In 2003, Chen published "Our Land: A History of Slokais Through the Context of Land Ownership" which is considered a transition work into Chen's scholarship on Colonial and Neo-Colonialism. In the book, Chen focuses on how geography and a finite amount of land allowed the various power structures of Slokais to remain and that land ownership is the most powerful resource one can have. This led to Chen being largely accepted into leftist political circles although Chen himself claims to have no political affiliation. Our Land would end winning the 2004 Slokasian Blue Pen Award for Best Novel and would lead to several media appearances and a book tour. Chen however stated he would not publish any more works for commercial purposes and over the next two decades would focus on the anthropological study within the discipline of Pan-Slokasian Studies. | In 2003, Chen published "Our Land: A History of Slokais Through the Context of Land Ownership" which is considered a transition work into Chen's scholarship on Colonial and Neo-Colonialism. In the book, Chen focuses on how geography and a finite amount of land allowed the various power structures of Slokais to remain and that land ownership is the most powerful resource one can have. This led to Chen being largely accepted into leftist political circles although Chen himself claims to have no political affiliation. Our Land would end winning the 2004 Slokasian Blue Pen Award for Best Novel and would lead to several media appearances and a book tour. Chen however stated he would not publish any more works for commercial purposes and over the next two decades would focus on the anthropological study within the discipline of Pan-Slokasian Studies. | ||
Chen would also begin teaching full-time at the University of Pindai in the Department of Anthropology, teaching several high-regarded and sought-after classes on history, anthropology and political science. Chen would eventually publish The Case for a New Federation in 2018 which became a nationwide best-seller and was praised by various thinkers and political leaders across the spectrum and from various disciplines. Additionally, Chen would also gain several critics who believed it was too critical and even anti-Slokasian. | |||
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The Case for a New Federation is a 2018 is a non-fiction novel by Paul Chen. Chen argues that contemporary problems can be best solved via a return to the pre-Republic state of Slokais as multiple independent states with control over their own affairs. Chen supports this argument with historical evidence of the modern-day Slokaisan state only coming into existence in the 1890s and being a direct continuation of the colonial state. Chen argues that as a whole, Slokais should have never existed as one state, as it never had for the previous thousands of years. | |||
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Paul Zou-Nianzu Chen | |
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| Born | September 19, 1956 Lendiao, Valley Township, Colorado |
| Occupation | Academic |
Paul Chen is a Slokaisan author and academic. His 2018 novel "The Case for a New Federation" is widely cited as one of the most influential recent works of Slokaisian political theory. In addition, Chen is also a well-regarded expert in Slokasian history and linguistics with consulting work on several documentaries as well as publishing dozens of academic papers and historical books.
Early life and education
Paul Zou-Nianzu Chen was born on the 19th of September 1956 in Lendiao, Valley Township, Colorado Province to a family of rice farmers. The family had their land confiscated several years prior, and thus the Chen Family lived in relative poverty on a small, densely farmed plot, paying rent to a single private landowner. Recounted in his 2003 book "Our Land: A History of Slokais Through the Context of Land Ownership, "He was just as poor, yet because he had the land he believed he had power". Chen was unable to start attending school until 1964 as his family could only then afford the school fees. He described education as a dream despite its strict control by the National Reformist School Board.
Chen would go on to Colorado Provincial University, where he would graduate with a degree in Slokasian, intending to be a teacher and support the growth of the newly created language. Yet he describes having moments of personal and political revelations in the 1980s which led him to quit his job as a Slokasian Language Instructor and attend San Fernando University. During his time there, he pursued a master's degree in history. Additionally he published several academic papers related to linguistic development and language superiority. Additionally, Chen would end up earning an additional master's degree from the University of Pindai in 2015 in Comparative Policy Studies.
Career
Chen initially worked for the SIBC as a historical consultant and appeared in several documentaries on Pre-colonial and Colonial history. With these funds, Chen also travelled to every province in Slokais, giving various seminars and what he called "consultative meals." In these meals he would eat a local staple and talk to each person in the room about the personal memories associated with each dish as a means of discovering more about each province he visited. This became a popular method of discussion although Chen himself claims it is inspired by traditional dinner parties of the Three Empires Age. His revelations were published in a 1999 book titled "Meal Time: The Lost Art of Family, Connection and Truth". The book focuses largely on how cultural context shapes individual lives and the uniqueness of the various provinces of Slokais as a whole.
In 2003, Chen published "Our Land: A History of Slokais Through the Context of Land Ownership" which is considered a transition work into Chen's scholarship on Colonial and Neo-Colonialism. In the book, Chen focuses on how geography and a finite amount of land allowed the various power structures of Slokais to remain and that land ownership is the most powerful resource one can have. This led to Chen being largely accepted into leftist political circles although Chen himself claims to have no political affiliation. Our Land would end winning the 2004 Slokasian Blue Pen Award for Best Novel and would lead to several media appearances and a book tour. Chen however stated he would not publish any more works for commercial purposes and over the next two decades would focus on the anthropological study within the discipline of Pan-Slokasian Studies.
Chen would also begin teaching full-time at the University of Pindai in the Department of Anthropology, teaching several high-regarded and sought-after classes on history, anthropology and political science. Chen would eventually publish The Case for a New Federation in 2018 which became a nationwide best-seller and was praised by various thinkers and political leaders across the spectrum and from various disciplines. Additionally, Chen would also gain several critics who believed it was too critical and even anti-Slokasian.
The Case for a New Federation
| Author | Paul Chen |
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| Country | Slokais Islands |
| Language | English (Translations in Slokasian, Costenian, Pindai Mandarin, Arabic) |
| Subject | Politics, Pan-Slokasian Studies |
| Published | December 12th, 2018 |
| Publisher | The Pindai Printing Cooperation |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 195 |
The Case for a New Federation is a 2018 is a non-fiction novel by Paul Chen. Chen argues that contemporary problems can be best solved via a return to the pre-Republic state of Slokais as multiple independent states with control over their own affairs. Chen supports this argument with historical evidence of the modern-day Slokaisan state only coming into existence in the 1890s and being a direct continuation of the colonial state. Chen argues that as a whole, Slokais should have never existed as one state, as it never had for the previous thousands of years.