ISBN:
9789047421238
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 219 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Social sciences in Asia 15
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Parallel Title:
Print version East Meets West : Civilizational Encounters and the Spirit of Capitalism in East Asia
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als East meets west
DDC:
306.3/42095
Keywords:
Kapitalismus
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Ostasien
;
Capitalism Social aspects
;
Social change
;
Capitalism Social aspects
;
Social change
;
Culturele invloeden
;
Kapitalisme
;
Moderniteit
;
Waarden
;
Het Westen
;
Oost-Azië
;
Ostasien
;
Kapitalismus
;
Sozialer Wandel
Abstract:
Over the years, East Asia developments in terms of production, population and trade have shown remarkable dynamics. This book deals with the issues of Asian values, civilizational encounters between East and West, and the development of capitalism and its culture in East Asian countries
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Introduction (Kyong-Dong Kim and Hyun-Chin); PART ONE CIVILIZATIONAL ENCOUNTERS; Chapter One Reflections upon the Dilemmas of Civilization: The Wisdom of Yin-Yang Dialectics (Kyong-Dong Kim); Chapter Two How the East and the West Shall Meet (Nan Lin); Chapter Three What the West Has Learned from the East in the Twentieth Century (Andrzej Flis); Chapter Four Modernization: Westernization vs. Nationalism: A Historical Overview of the Japanese Case (Akihiro Ishikawa); Chapter Five The Role of Human Sciences in the Dialogue among Civilizations (Syed Farid Alatas)
Description / Table of Contents:
PART TWO THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM IN EAST ASIAChapter Six Asian Values in Capitalist Development Revisited (Jonghoe Yang and Hyun-Chin); Chapter Seven Beyond the ""Japanese Style of Management""?: Transformation of the Capitalist Spirit in Japan Today (Pil-Dong Kim); Chapter Eight New Trend of Capitalist Culture in Korea: The Spirit of Entrepreneurs and Engineers (Yi-Jong Suh); Chapter Nine The Emerging Capitalist Spirit of Private Enterprises in China: ""Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics"" (Seung-Wook Baek)
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Ten The Culture of Capitalist Development in East Asia (Kyong-Dong Kim)Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004160217.i-220
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