Framing Asian studies : geopolitics and institutions / edited by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter and Ekaterina Koldunova.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Tzeng, Albert, editor.

Richter, William L., editor.

Koldunova, E. V. (Ekaterina Valerʹevna), editor.

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, issuing body.

Conference Name:

Conference on Framing Asian Studies, Geopolitics, Institutions, and Networks (2013 : Leiden, Netherlands)

Conference on Framing Asian Studies, Geopolitics, Institutions, and Networks (2013 : Leiden, Netherlands), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics--Asia.

Geopolitics.

Asia--Study and teaching (Higher)--Political aspects.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book explores the interconnection between geopolitical context and the ways this context frames our knowledge about Asia, highlighting previously neglected cause-effect relations. It also examines how various knowledge institutions promote and shape Asian Studies. The authors seek to explain why Asian Studies and its subfields developed in the way they did, and what the implications of these transformations might be on intellectual and political understandings of Asia. The book not only builds on the current debates on the decolonization and de-imperialization of knowledge about Asia; it also proposes a more multifaceted view rather than just examining the impact of the West on the framing of Asian Studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

The Contributors

1. Introduction: Framing Asian Studies / Tzeng, Albert / Richter, William L. / Koldunova, Ekaterina

Part I. Contested "Asia"

2. From Oriental Studies to Asian Studies: The Metamorphosis of the Western Mind / Choudhury, Maitreyee

3. Geopolitical and Social Framings of Australia's "Asia Literacy" / Hughes, Kirrilee

4. Maps as Illustrations and Logos: Geopolitical Construction of Asia and South Asia / Richter, William L.

Part II. Geopolitical Framing of Western Discourse

5. From Geertz to Ricklefs: The Changing Discourse on Javanese Religion and its Wider Contexts / Tirtosudarmo, Riwanto

6. Framing Cambodian Affairs: French and American Scholarship, Media and Geopolitics / Wijers, Gea D.M.

7. Studying Taiwan: The Politics of Area Studies in the United States and Europe / Ohlendorf, Hardina

Part III. Asian Studies in Former Soviet States

8. Southeast Asian Studies in Russia: Agents against Structural Limits / Koldunova, Ekaterina

9. India Studies in Soviet Lithuania: Approaching Asia from Outside the Establishment / Jaskūnas, Valdas

Part IV. Inter-Asian Gazes

10. Indian Understandings of Asia / Tankha, Brij Mohan

11. South Seas Chinese in Colonial Classifications / Kuo, Huei-Ying

12. Chinese Studies in Japan and South Korea: Geopolitics, Local Embeddedness and Knowledge / Lee, Claire Seungeun

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814786317

9814786314

OCLC:

1030816680