Full Description
This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives and examining the impact upon contemporary culture to argue that Easternization is another type of globalization.
Contents
Foreword Acknowledgements PART I: SIGHTING THE TERRAIN Introduction; S.Nair-Venugopal PART II: NEGOTIATING TERRITORY Defining Parameters: Boundaries and borders; S.Nair-Venugopal Beyond boundedness: Imagining the postcolonial dislocation; Ahmad Murad Merican Easternisation: Encroachments in the West; S.Nair-Venugopal & Kim-Hui, Lim PART III: THE GAZE OF THE WEST Representations of Philosophy: The Western Gaze Observed; Ahmad Murad Merican Framings of the East: Rebranding Beliefs and Religions; Kim-Hui, Lim When Knowledge Invents Boundaries: From Colonial Knowledge to Multiculturalism; Shamsul AB Historical Narratives of the Colonised: The Noble Savage of Sarawak; B.Philip The Mutual Gaze: Japan, the West and Management Training; F.Bargiela-Chiappini & H.Tanaka Indian Collectivism revisited: Unpacking the Western Gaze; S.Paramasivam & S.Nair-Venugopal Framings of the East: The Case of Borneo and the Rungus Community; Puay-Liu, Ong Interpreting Mosque Architecture in the 20th century: Trapped between Two Worlds; Mohamad Tajuddin Global Hybrids? 'Eastern Traditions' of Health and Wellness in the West; S.Newcombe The Sociology of Gastronomic Decolonisation; J.Poulain PART IV: OBSERVATIONS Conclusion Index
