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The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia - Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (Paperback)
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The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia - Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (Paperback)
Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History
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In this rich intellectual history, Cemil Aydin challenges the
notion that anti-Westernism in modern Asia is a political and
religious reaction to the liberal and democratic values of the
West. Nor is anti-Westernism a natural response to Western
imperialism. Instead, by focusing on the agency and achievements of
non-Western intellectuals, Aydin demonstrates that modern
anti-Western discourse grew out of the legitimacy crisis of a
single, Eurocentric global polity in the age of high imperialism.
Aydin compares Ottoman pan-Islamic and Japanese pan-Asian visions
of world order from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end
of World War II. He looks at when the idea of a universal "West"
first took root in the minds of Asian intellectuals and reformers
and how it became essential in criticizing the West for violating
its own "standards of civilization." Aydin also illustrates why
these anti-Western visions contributed to the decolonization
process and considers their influence on the international
relations of both the Ottoman and Japanese Empires during WWI and
WWII. The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia offers a rare, global
perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of
European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim
discontent with globalization, the international order, and
modernization. Aydin's approach reveals the epistemological
limitations of Orientalist knowledge categories, especially the
idea of Eastern and Western civilizations, and the way in which
these limitations have shaped not only the contradictions and
political complicities of anti-Western discourses but also
contemporary interpretations of anti-Western trends. In moving
beyond essentialist readings of this history, Aydin provides a
fresh understanding of the history of contemporary anti-Americanism
as well as the ongoing struggle to establish a legitimate and
inclusive international society.
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