Communitarian Politics in Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415334754 / Twarda / 2004 / 208 str.

Beng Huat Chua

Opis

This book examines instances in Southeast and East Asian countries where communitarianism is both articulated as national ideology and embedded as the ethos of social life.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements List of Contributors 1. Communitarian Politics in Asia Chua Beng Huat 2. Communitarian Philosophy and East Asian Politics Daniel A. Bell 3. Predicament of Communality: Lessons from Japan Tatsuo Inoue 4. The Anti-Communitarian Family? Everyday Conditions of Authoritarian Politics in South Korea Chang Kyung Sup 5. Communitarianism Without Competitive Politics in Singapore Chua Beng Huat 6. The Ethics of Care and Political Practices in Hong Kong Ho Mun Chan 7. Shariah Formalism or Democratic Communitarianism? The Islamic Resurgence and Political Theory 8. The Failure of State Ideology in Indonesia: The Rise and Demise of Pancasila Vedi R Hadiz 9. 'Community in the East' Towards a New Human Rights Paradigm Anthony Woodiwiss

O autorze

Chua Beng Huat is Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.