Cultural Politics and Asian Values: The Tepid War

ISBN-13: 9780415338264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str.

Michael D. Barr

Opis

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 globalization.
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.

Spis treści

Part 1: Cultural Politics  1. Death of a Debate?  2. A Broad History: From Meiji to 'East Asian Miracle'  3. Narrow Histories: Lee Kuan Yew and Dr Mahathir  4. Confronting China After the End of History  5. Fin de Siècle: 'Democratic Moment', Financial Crisis and Beyond  Part 2: Values and Religions  6. Of Liberalism and Other Religions  7. The European Legacy: Christianity and Liberalism  8. Islam: of Shari'a and Adat; Calophs and Rajas  9. Buddhism: The Politics of Compassion  10. Confucianism: Humane Rites and Elite Rights Part III: Cultural Politics and Asian Values  11. 'Asian Values' Revisited  12. Human Rights Revisited

O autorze

Michael Barr is the author of Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man, which was based on his dissertation. He wrote Cultural Politics and Asian Values as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Community and Cross-Cultural Studies, Queensland University of Technology. In mid-2002 he took up an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History Department at the University of Queensland.