Description |
x, 326 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Foreword -- 1 Asian Values Live! -- 2 California Dreaming, the Philippines in South-East Asia -- 3 A Tragedy of Shadows, Retribution and Reconstruction in Indonesia Amok -- 4 Singapore: Origin, Epicentre, Exemplar -- 5 Malaysia, the Front-Line State -- 6 China and the Confucius Theme Park -- 7 Capitalist Characteristics - Hong Kong in the Chinese Universe -- 8 Taiwan's Modernist Rebuttal -- 9 Culture, Consumers and Corruption in Buddhist Thailand -- 10 Japan's Dilemma - A Lukewarm Yen for Urgent Change -- 11 Korean Confucianism - The Hard Variety -- 12 Indian Summer? -- 13 The Asian Super Power - America and the Formation of Asian Values -- 14 Asian Values on the Road Again. -- Index |
Summary |
"Asian Values, Western Dreams" provides a provocative examination of the cultural relationship between Asia and the West. It asks a simple question: how do Asian societies maintain their cultural uniqueness in the face of Western cultural, economic and military power, in the face ofglobalisation? In the wake of the regional economic crisis, Sheridan examines lives and societies in stress and transition. He draws on hundreds of interviews across Asia and the United States, from Presidents and Prime Ministers to beggars and housewives, from civil servants and traders to politicians and prostitutes. He challenges popular interpretations from Western gurus such as Sam Huntington, Francis Fukuyama and former Hong Kong governor, Chris Patten. Instead Sheridan chases Asian Values down the houtungs (lane ways) of Beijing and across the kampungs of Malaysia, into the old colonial cities of India and out to the smallest village in the Philippines countryside. He draws on a wide range of scholarship and twenty years experience working in the region to offer an ambitious, region-wide interpretation of the Asian Values debate. A mixture of travel writing and cultural and political analysis, Asian Values, Western Dreams offers insights into relations between Asian nations, as well as between Asia and the West. Whether for the executive or student, the Western traveller or the Asian reader interested in learning about their neighbours, Asian Values, Western Dreams is an indispensable guide to the new Asia |
Analysis |
Asia |
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Asia - Economic conditions - 1945- |
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Asia - Civilization - 20th century |
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Asia - Civilization - Western influences |
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Asia - Politics and government - 1945- |
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Asian values |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Cross cultural studies |
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Cultural relativism |
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East West relations |
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Political systems |
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Power (International relations) |
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Social values - Asia |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Subject |
Cultural relations.
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Cultural relativism -- Asia.
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East and West.
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Intercultural communication -- Asia.
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Social values -- Asia.
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Values -- Asia.
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SUBJECT |
Asia -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008609 -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
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Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008617
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Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- 1945-
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- 1991-
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008860
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Asia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114281 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
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Author |
Books24x7, Inc.
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LC no. |
00340437 |
ISBN |
1864484969 (paperback) |
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