Chen Asia as Method

Toward Deimperialization
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9169-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 342 Seiten

A leading proponent of knowledge exchanges within East Asia and of an international cultural studies insists that those on both sides of the imperial divide must assess the conduct, motives, and consequences of imperialism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Kuan-Hsing

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vi

Introduction: Globalization and Deimperialization 1

1. The Imperialist Eye: The Discourse of the Southward Advance and the Subimperial Imaginary 17

2. Decolonization: A Geocolonial Historical Materialism 65

3. De-Cold War: The Im/possibility of "Great Reconciliation" 115

4. Deimperialization: Club 51 and the Imperialist Assumption of Democracy 161

5. Asia as Method: Overcoming the Present Conditions of Knowledge Production 211

Epilogue: The Imperial Order of Things, or Notes on Han Chinese Racism 257

Notes 269

Special Terms 287

Bibligraphy 291

Index 305

Über Autor(innen)

Kuan-Hsing Chen is a professor in the Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies at Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He has written and edited many books in Chinese. He is co-executive editor of the journal Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.