In Asia Annual 2007, contributors have engaged with the notion of
'regions' in Asia from the standpoint of various disciplines of
social sciences. In their choice of regions under discussion, the
contributors have tackled Asiatic Russia, Central Asia, West Asia
and South Asia -- which, interestingly, comprise the very regions
that have attracted the greatest attention in the realm of Area
Studies since the Cold War. The articles in this volume have
approached the question of 'regions' from the standpoint of
history, international relations and economics, which bring out the
interdisciplinary character of the imagination of any region. All
the contributors have emphasised the amorphous character of the
category of the 'region' itself. They have argued that the process
of conceptualisation of an 'area' or a 'region' is strongly rooted
in the historical conjuncture when the concept develops. A logical
conclusion which could follow from such an understanding of the
category of 'region' is that there is little or nothing in the
features of a 'region' (barring its geography) that is immutable.
This calls for an interrogation of the very discipline of Area
Studies itself. The volume also includes other essays, research
notes, review articles and reviews of books.
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