This book opens with an examination of values themselves, grappling with western assertions of individual human rights and the eastern emphasis on duties, and analysing selected Asian philosophical and religious traditions. Several case studies follow, on countries the Philippines, Japan, China, Malaysia and Thailand. The purpose of the book is to help westerners in particular to understand and appreciate better the changes taking place in Asia, to handle relations more sensitively, and thereby to help bring Europe and Asia together.
This book opens with an examination of values themselves, grappling with western assertions of individual human rights and the eastern emphasis on dut...
In Taiwan, the Puyuma people are the least known of the aboriginal groups. The study looks at the historical changes in the status and definition of these people in relation to the central state, the criteria by which people determine their own ethnic identity and the evolution of that identity.
In Taiwan, the Puyuma people are the least known of the aboriginal groups. The study looks at the historical changes in the status and definition of t...
