Civilization, nation and modernity in East Asia / Chih-yu Shih.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shi, Zhiyu, 1958- author.

Series:

Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 12.

Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, East Asian.

East and West.

National characteristics, Chinese.

National characteristics, Japanese.

East Asia--Civilization--Philosophy.

East Asia.

China--Civilization--Philosophy.

China.

Japan--Civilization--Philosophy.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the crisis of cultural identity which has assaulted Asian countries since Western countries began to have a profound impact on Asia in the nineteenth century. Confronted by Western 'civilization' and by 'modernity', Asian countries have been compelled to rethink their identity, and to consider how they should relate to Western 'civilization' and 'modernity'. The result, the author argues, has been a redefining by Asian countries of their own character as nations, and an adaptation of 'civilization' and 'modernity' to their own special conditions. Asian nations, the author

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction: Asian betweenness: the civilizational nation and national civilization; PART I An Asian intellectual path to the universal self: Asianism in theoretical discourse; 1 What is the world? The beginning of world history in Asianism; 2 What is the West? The oriental self that has no 'other'; 3 What is China? An epistemological threat to Japan's place; PART II An Asian intellectual path to the universal self: Asianism in practical discourse; 4 Bridge of civilizations in nothingness: the Manchukuo recast

5 Son of East Asia: a quest for transcendence in colonial TaiwanPART III The national self and the multiple appropriations of China: reconstructing international relations; 6 Retrieving the lost choice: how does death matter in Confucian IR?; 7 Assigning role characteristics to China on the rise: role state vs ego state; 8 Justifying non-intervention: East Asian schools of international relations?; PART IV The national self and the multiple appropriations of China: reconstructing China; 9 Substituting self-governance for global governance: the statist theme of responsibility

10 Doing away with nationalism? Emerging liberal plea for self-transformationConclusion: race for harmony: Galton's civilizational puzzle; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-87441-4

9786613715722

1-136-30711-7

1-136-30710-9

0-203-11799-9

9780203117996

OCLC:

798209464