Michael D Barr

Cultural Politics and Asian Values

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Produktbeschreibung

This book surveys the political history and pre-history of the 'Asian values' debate. Barr explores the histories and conceptual essences of the world religions involved in or affected by the debate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781138181342
• ISBN-10: 113818134X
• Artikelnr.: 69948225

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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