What about Asia? : revisiting Asian studies /

"What about Asia? Revisiting Asian Studies brings together scholars from Asia, Europe and America to test the strength of a field of study which, considering the rise of Asia, should be gaining momentum. But is it? This is one of the many questions that the contributors to this volume ask thems...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Stremmelaar, Josine, Velde, Paul van der
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Asia > History. Asia > Study and teaching (Higher) Asie > Histoire. Society and social sciences. Politics and government. Education. HISTORY > General. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics. Education, Higher. Asia. Landeskunde Literatur Asien Aziëstudies. Middle East. Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology. Public administration Education Electronic books. Electronic book. History.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

What about Asia? : revisiting Asian studies / Josine Stremmelaar and Paul van der Velde
Asian studies and the discourse of the human sciences / Gananath Obeyesekere
Area studies in a changing world / Peter van der Veer
Asia as a form of knowledge : of analyses, (re) production, and consumption / Shamsul A.B.
A little knowledge is a useful thing : paradoxes in the Asian studies experience in Australia / Robert Cribb
The ebb and flow od ASEM studies / Yeo Lay Hwee
Re-orienting Asian studies / Paul van der Veer.