Cosmopolitan Asia: Littoral Epistemologies of the Global South Contributor(s): Gabriel, Sharmani Patricia (Editor), Rosa, Fernando (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138918679 ISBN-13: 9781138918672 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Social - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 306.09 |
LCCN: 2015015923 |
Series: Routledge Malaysian Studies |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.50 lbs) 194 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One key concept in the large body of scholarship concerned with theorizing social relations is the idea of 'cosmopolitanism'. This book unpacks the idea of cosmopolitanism through the linked knowledges of the Global South. It brings into dialogue an inter-disciplinary team of local and transnational scholars who examine various temporal, cultural, spatial and political contexts in countries as different, yet connected, as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The book also considers a wide range of subjects - present and historical, real, as represented in literature and in theatre, and as theorized in philosophy - across these diverse contexts, but always focusing on regions and places where inter-Asian intermingling has taken place. The conclusions arrived at are varied and considerably enrich social theorizing. The book reveals a cosmopolitanism that is much more specifically Asian than the cosmopolitanism usually associated with the West, demonstrates how concepts of 'nation', 'local' and 'globalization' play out in practice in Asian settings, and re-examines concepts such as migration, diaspora, and the construction of identities. The book has much to offer scholars engaged in history, literary studies, anthropology and cultural studies. |