ISBN:
9780415551090
,
9780203849736
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 137 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in social and political thought 70
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Theory in Contemporary Asia
DDC:
300.1
Keywords:
Social sciences Philosophy
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Philosophy, Asian
;
Social sciences -- Asia -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Asian
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Social sciences ; Asia ; Philosophy
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Abstract:
Philosophical debates around individualization and the implications for intimacy, reflexivity and identity have occupied a central part of social and cultural theorizing in the West. This book analyses the relevance of these debates in the context of contemporary Asia. It provides analysis of the debates on Asian culture and society
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Understanding intimacy, re.exivity and identity in contemporary Asia; 1 Contesting intimacy, re.exivity and identity in contemporary social theory; 2 Intimacy, reflexivity and identity in contemporary Asia; 3 Reflexivity and the transformation of gender identity in cosmopolitan Asia; 4 Postmodern Confucianism, 'moral economies' and 'biopolitical otherness' in rede.ning intimacy and identity in Southeast Asia; 5 Sex and 'singlehood' as a source of tension in contemporary Asia
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Cultural production, intimacy and identity: Paradigms of resistance and Islamic orthodoxy in AsiaConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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