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Politics, Culture And Identities In East Asia: Integration And Division (Hardcover)
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Politics, Culture And Identities In East Asia: Integration And Division (Hardcover)
Series: Eai Series On East Asia, 0
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This edited book reflects the 'yin-yang' of East Asia - the analogy
of co-existing 'hot and cold' trends in that region. To concentrate
only on geopolitical competition and regional 'hot spots' will
exaggerate, if not misrepresent East Asia as a Hobbesian world.
Nevertheless, geopolitical competition cannot be ignored because a
failure of the balance of power and deterrence between China and
the United States (and its allies) will destabilise the region.
There are four 'vectors' in the geopolitics of East Asia: China
rising, the United States 'rebalancing' to this region, Japan
'normalising' as a nation-state and ASEAN emerging as a regional
community. The interplay of these four 'vectors' will set the
trajectory of geopolitics in East Asia. Another focus of this
volume is on the politics of identity. The distinctiveness,
character and flavour of a group, real or imagined, can be 'cool'.
'Cool' as in being charming and appealing transcends national
boundaries. Plurality and diversity of identities and cultures in
East Asia can be a celebration of life and humanity. However,
xenophobic identities, often based on exclusive race, language,
religion and hegemony, and its subsequent politicisation can rend a
nation apart. Indeed, the affirmation of one's identity may be at
the expense or denial of the identity of 'the other'. Similarly,
the assertion and the intricacy of identity and nationalism in East
Asia can also be problematic. However, a person or group can have
multiple and different scales of identities. Indeed, identities can
be fluid and situational.
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