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The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia - Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,329
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The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia - Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (Hardcover): Cemil Aydin

The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia - Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (Hardcover)

Cemil Aydin

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 the Muslim world 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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Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History
Release date: June 2007
First published: June 2007
Authors: Cemil Aydin (Associate Professor of History and Director, Ali Vural Ak Center for Islamic Studies)
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-13778-2
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN: 0-231-13778-8
Barcode: 9780231137782

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