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Cultural Politics and Asian Values: The Tepid War (Routledge Advances in Asian-Pacificstudies, 6)

By Michael D. Barr

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0415277647, 9780415277648, 0203220293, 9780203220290, 9780203296042
LCC
DS509.3 .B39 2002
Open Library ID
OL3562055M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
959 kB (982521 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
256\256
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Cultural Politics and Asian Values looks at the political, cultural and religious background of East and Southeast Asian societies and those of 'the West', with a view to seeing how they are affecting contemporary national and international politics: democratization, the international human rights discourse, NGOs and globalisation.The book surveys the political history and pre-history of the 'Asian values' debate, taking it up to the era of Megawati Sukarnoputri, Chen Shui-bian and Kim Dae-jung. In chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and liberalism, Barr explores the histories and conceptual essences of the world religions involved in or affected by the debate.

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