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Identity in crossroad civilisations: ethnicity, nationalism and globalism in Asia
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Abstract Based on multi-disciplinary studies conducted in Asia (India, Bhutan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, New Zealand), this volume on Identity in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia demonstrates how identity is defined, negotiated and conceptualised in response to... mehr
Based on multi-disciplinary studies conducted in Asia (India, Bhutan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, New Zealand), this volume on Identity in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia demonstrates how identity is defined, negotiated and conceptualised in response to increasing globalisation in the region. Asian expressions of identity reflect, in many ways, their adaptability to the changing economic, political and social climates and at the same time question Samuel Huntington's popular yet controversial thesis on the clash of civilisations. This book also engages Benedict Anderson's idea of 'imagined communities' and shows how its operation impacts on both community and individual identity in an environment that is increasingly characterised by border crossings and transnationalism. Contemporary Asian realities, as examined in the essays, demonstrate the need to rethink previous notions of identity and nationalism.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Identität; Ethnizität; Nationalismus; Globalisierung; Wert; religiöse Faktoren; kulturelle Faktoren; multikulturelle Gesellschaft; Identitätsbildung; Asien
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Verlag
Amsterdam Univ. Press
Erscheinungsort
Amsterdam
Seitenangabe
259 S.
Schriftenreihe
ICAS Publications Series / Edited Volumes, 8
ISBN
978-90-8964-127-4
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung