Asian Values & Modernization
| Author | : Chee Meow Seah |
| Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
Asian Values In A Modernizing Society
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Human Rights and Asian Values
| Author | : Ole Bruun |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2003-09-02 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1135796262 |
The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has sparked off intense debate. This volume takes a clear stand for universal rights, both theoretically and empirically, by analysing social and political processes in a number of East and Southeast Asian countries. On the national arenas, Asian values are linked to the struggle between authoritarian and democratic forces, which both tend to convey stereotyped images of the 'west', but with reversed meanings.
Local Cultures and the New Asia
| Author | : C.J.W.-L Wee |
| Publisher | : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2003-08-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9814517372 |
Southeast Asia, until the Asian economic crisis of 1997-2000, was a high economic growth area. However, despite the neo-liberal and globalizing logic of capitalism, local conditions and cultures determine that capitalism will spread in ways not entirely consonant with its Western origins. Capitalism is not a free-floating entity -- it is a socially embodied phenomenon that needs to function in various cultural contexts. Consequently, the tension between the universal status that some claim capitalism now occupies in the post-Cold War world and the particularities of the local cultures it enters should be of great concern.
Confucius and the Modern World
| Author | : Lai Chen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2018-11-21 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1351268902 |
This book represents the cutting edge of theoretical works on Confucianism. Starting from Confucianism’s comeback in modern China and ending with the proposal of the new philosophical concept of “multiple universality” in the face of the world culture, the author conducts an in-depth analysis and discussion of many facets of the relationship between Confucianism, Confucian traditions and the modern world culture. It has a focused theme and a strong sense of contemporaneity, and responds to the current challenges confronting Confucianism from the perspective of modern culture. The chapters not only elucidate the Confucian position in the face of challenges of global ethics, dialogues on human rights, and ecological civilization, but also provide a modern interpretation of classical Confucian ideas on education, politics and ritual politics as well as an analysis of the development of modern Confucianism. All in all, this work is a comprehensive exposition of the Confucian values and their modern implications.
Imagining Asia
| Author | : Emily Stokes-Rees |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 269 |
| Release | : 2019-07-23 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1786609053 |
Despite widespread recognition that we are living in an era of mass globalization, there has been a startling resurgence of nationalism in many regions of the world. Alongside this development, many new national museums are being built or refurbished, pointing to the critical role the telling of history plays in processes of building national identity. From new museum construction to the re-purposing of colonial monuments, and from essentialized narratives to spaces which encourage visitors to dream, this book explores the development and influence of national museums in three contemporary Asian societies – Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau.
New Challenges for Development and Modernization
| Author | : Yue-man Yeung |
| Publisher | : Chinese University Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9789629960315 |
This book focuses on three major areas of change and challenge faced by Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region: economic globalization, political and social change, and regional patterns of transformation. It not only encourages a retrospective learning from past failures, but also tries to anticipate the challenges of a new century and millennium.
Democracy's Dharma
| Author | : Richard Madsen |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780520252271 |
This title explores the remarkable religious renaissance that has reformed, revitalized and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. Madsen connects these developments to Taiwan's transition to democracy and the burgeoning needs of its new middle classes.
The Modernization of Inner Asia
| Author | : Cyril E. Black |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 458 |
| Release | : 2016-09-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 131548899X |
Inner Asia - in premodern times the little-known land of nomads and semi-nomads - has moved to the world's front page in the 20th century as the complex struggles for the future of Afghanistan, Soviet Central Asia, Tibet and other territories make clear. But because Inner Asia as a whole is divided among several states politically and among area specialists academically, broad perspectives on recent events are difficult to find. This work treats the region as a single unit, providing both an account of the region's past and an analysis of its present and its prospects in a thematic, rather than a strictly country-by-country manner.
Community Problems and Social Work in Southeast Asia
| Author | : Peter Hodge |
| Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 1980-12-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9622090222 |
In this volume of collected studies, social workers in Hong Kong and Singapore tell of their experience in attempting to resolve some of the problems that exist in the communities of these two city-states. All of the readings are 'rich, first-hand accounts of the work done and initiatives taken and, although retrospective, they remain alive and personal, of significance for any study of contemporary social development in Southeast Asia. The book aims to give students of social work, of social policy and administration, as well as the general reader, the benefit of a comparative approach. Comparative studies of the social services in Southeast Asia are still few. In the context of rapid social change the perspectives provided here of the recent history of social work in Hong Kong and Singapore will help the student to assess the progress which has been made and to understand the present provision for meeting personal and community needs of a wide variety.
