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Asian Traditions and Modernization by Mun Cheong Yong Pdf
Asian Traditions and Modernization studies various aspects of change in Singapore and explores the ways in which tradition has shaped and moderated the process of modernization. Employing a multi-faceted approach that covers history, religion, science, ethnic relations and language, the book looks in depth at a country which has witnessed rapid modernization and yet at the same time desires to preserve cultural values. Because tradition and modernization are relative and open-ended concepts, traditional values can be modern in their orientation and conversely, modern societies can be traditional in their practices. The focal concern of the book is how these terms can be best and fully understood. This reissue features a new preface by the author.
Modernization In Asia: The Environment/resources, Social Mobilization, And Traditional Landscapes Across Time And Space In Asia by Satoshi Abe,Tai Wei Lim,Saeed Rezaei,Yoshihisa Godo,Ka Shing Ng,Elim Yee Lam Wong,Koki Shimizu,Kenneth Wong Pdf
This book explores the unfolding of modernity in the greater Asia that uniquely takes shape at different times and places, with a particular attention to a common thread that has been at heart of the development: religion. The status of religion has been relegated in the Western modernity to such that its effects be restricted within the private realm and not be exerted in the public or one's rationality. This edited volume sheds light on the multifarious forces of religion both in the past and present that have impacted on the essential aspects of modern society — aspects in which one does not usually have recourse to religion in the West — from science and technology, politics, and to identity in Asia. Interdisciplinary approaches in the volume allow one to broadly examine religious practices within Asian contexts, thus enabling to reevaluate the concept, scope, and gamut of so-called religion.
Author : Joseph B. Tamney Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG Page : 252 pages File Size : 40,7 Mb Release : 2017-10-10 Category : Social Science ISBN : 9783110814682
Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity by Weiming Tu Pdf
Seventeen scholars from varying fields here consider the implications of Confucian concerns--self-cultivation, regulation of the family, social civility, moral education, well-being of the people, governance of the state, and universal peace--in industrial East Asia.
Modernization Trends in Southeast Asia by Terence Chong Pdf
This book discusses and identifies the modernizing trends, which have changed Southeast Asian countries in varying ways. After an overview of current concepts of modernity, the following chapters introduce issues of education, citizenship and ethnicity, religion, the emergence of the middle class, and mass consumption in Southeast Asia. This book concludes by profiling the characteristics of Southeast Asian modernity.
The Crisis of Global Modernity by Prasenjit Duara Pdf
Drawing on historical sociology, transnational histories and Asian traditions, Duara seeks answers to the pressing global issue of environmental sustainability.
Women in Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation surveys the transformation in the status of women since 1970 in a diverse range of nations: Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Burma. Within these 13 national case studies the book presents new arguments about being women, being Asian and being modern in contemporary Asia. Recent social changes in women's place in society are untangled in recognition that not all change is 'progress' and that not all 'modernity' enhances women's status. The authors suggest that the improvements in women's status within the Asian region vary dramatically according to the manner in which women interact with the particular economic and ideological forces in each nation. Each contributor has focussed on a particular country in their area of expertise. They present innovative arguments relating to the problem of 'being women' in Asia during a period of dramatic social and political changes. Each national case study explores key social and economic markers of women's status such as employment rates, wage differentials, literacy rates and participation in politics or business. The effects of population control programs, legislation on domestic violence and female infanticide, and women's role in the family and the workforce are also discussed. The book poses questions as to how women have negotiated these shifts and in the process created a 'modern' Asian woman. Specialists from a variety of disciplines including history, anthropology, sociology, demography, gender studies and psychology grapple with the complexities and ambivalences presented by the multiple faces of the modern Asian woman. Complete with a list of recommended readings and a web-site with links to electronic resources, the book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students of Asian studies and women's studies as well as scholars and postgraduate students interested in comparative women's studies.
Author : Social Studies School Service Publisher : Social Studies Page : 63 pages File Size : 41,6 Mb Release : 2006 Category : Culture and globalization ISBN : 9781560042471
Tradition and Modernization in Asia by Social Studies School Service Pdf
A curriculum unit based on a series of PowerPoint presentations containing photographs and questions designed to teach students about the impact of globalization and economic development on contemporary Asian culture. The intent is to introduce important issues and themes rather than to provide detailed information. Lessons may be used alone or with supplementary readings on Asia or international economics, some of which are suggested in the lesson plans.
Author : Mun Cheong Yong Publisher : Centre for Advanced Studies National University of Singapore Page : 300 pages File Size : 50,9 Mb Release : 1992 Category : History ISBN : UCAL:B3847810
Author : Ambrose Y. C. King Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press Page : 368 pages File Size : 54,7 Mb Release : 2018-03-15 Category : Religion ISBN : 9789882370159
China’s Great Transformation by Ambrose Y. C. King Pdf
This book examines how Confucian traditions have shaped modernity in East Asia. Ambrose Y. C. King discusses how China and East Asia developed a model of modern civilization distinct from the Western model of modernization, which involves not only a process of deconstructing the cultural tradition but also a process of reconstructing it. He shows how the experience of modernization diverges within different Chinese societies, namely Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan. By highlighting the impact of Confucianism, he argues that Confucianism contains the seeds of modernization and transformation, and that in the right institutional settings these seeds influence the course of development. King focuses on how Confucian ideas and values underpinning the foundation of East Asian societies, including social civility, political governance, the role of the family, and moral regulation, matter to the modern social and political transformations of Chinese societies today.
Author : Wong Lawrence Wangchi Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press Page : 400 pages File Size : 45,6 Mb Release : 2018-03-15 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 9789882370517
Translation and Modernization in East Asia in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries by Wong Lawrence Wangchi Pdf
This book discusses how Western ideas, knowledge, concepts and practices were imported, adapted and even transformed into varied contexts in East Asia. In particular, authors in this rich volume focus on the role translation played in the processes of modernization in China, Japan, and Korea in the 19th and early 20th centuries.