Cultural Politics and Asian Values: The Tepid War / Edition 1

by Michael D. Barr

Overview

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 globalisation.
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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415277648
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2002
Series:	Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies , #6
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1630L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Part I: Cultural Politics
Part II: Values and Religions
Part III: Cultural Politics and Asian Values