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Read the Cultural Other contains studies on non-Western discourse.
It has two principal aims. Firstly, it argues that the study of
non-Western, non-White, and Third-World discourses should become a
legitimate, necessary, and routine part of international discourse
scholarship. Hitherto, non-Western, non-White, and Third-Word
discourses have been relegated and marginalized to a 'local',
'particular', or 'other' place in (or, one might argue, outside)
the mainstream. To reclaim their place, the book deconstructs the
rhetoric of universalism and the continued preoccupation with
Western discourse in the profession, and stresses the cultural
nature of discourse, both ordinary and disciplinary, as it outlines
a culturally pluralist vision. Secondly, in order to take the
multicultural view seriously, it explores the complexity,
diversity, and forms of otherness of non-Western discourse by
examining the case of China and Hong Kong's discourses of the
decolonization of the latter. Far too often, non-Western discourse
has been stereotyped as externally discrete, internally
homogeneous, and formally containable within a 'universal',
'general', or 'integrated' model. The present work focuses on China
and Hong Kong's discourses, which have been marginalized by their
Western counterparts. Through culturally eclectic linguistic
analysis and local cultural analysis, it identifies and highlights
the specific ways of speaking of China and Hong Kong - their
concepts, concerns, aspirations, resistance, verbal strategies,
etc. - with respect to similar or different issues. The culturally
pluralist view and analytical practice proffered here call for a
radical cultural change in international scholarship on language,
communication, and discourse.
Read the Cultural Other contains studies on non-Western discourse.
It has two principal aims. Firstly, it argues that the study of
non-Western, non-White, and Third-World discourses should become a
legitimate, necessary, and routine part of international discourse
scholarship. Hitherto, non-Western, non-White, and Third-Word
discourses have been relegated and marginalized to a 'local',
'particular', or 'other' place in (or, one might argue, outside)
the mainstream. To reclaim their place, the book deconstructs the
rhetoric of universalism and the continued preoccupation with
Western discourse in the profession, and stresses the cultural
nature of discourse, both ordinary and disciplinary, as it outlines
a culturally pluralist vision. Secondly, in order to take the
multicultural view seriously, it explores the complexity,
diversity, and forms of otherness of non-Western discourse by
examining the case of China and Hong Kong's discourses of the
decolonization of the latter. Far too often, non-Western discourse
has been stereotyped as externally discrete, internally
homogeneous, and formally containable within a 'universal',
'general', or 'integrated' model. The present work focuses on China
and Hong Kong's discourses, which have been marginalized by their
Western counterparts. Through culturally eclectic linguistic
analysis and local cultural analysis, it identifies and highlights
the specific ways of speaking of China and Hong Kong - their
concepts, concerns, aspirations, resistance, verbal strategies,
etc. - with respect to similar or different issues. The culturally
pluralist view and analytical practice proffered here call for a
radical cultural change in international scholarship on language,
communication, and discourse.
Against the backdrop of overwhelming discourse scholarship
emanating from the Western cosmopolitan centres, this volume offers
a development-centred approach to unfamiliar, marginalized or
otherwise disadvantaged discourses of the Third World or the Global
South. Written by leading researchers based in Asia, Africa and
Latin America, respectively, this book reconstructs Eastern
paradigms of communication studies on the one hand and explores the
discursive problems, complexities, aspirations, and dynamics of the
non-Western, subaltern, and developing societies on the other. As
methodological principles, the authors i) adopt the
cultural-political stance of supporting cultural diversity and
harmony at both academic and everyday levels, ii) draw upon Asian,
African and Latino scholarship in critical dialogue with the
existing mainstream traditions, and iii) make sense of the
discourses of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their own local
as well as global, historical and intercultural, perspectives. This
book will particularly appeal to scholars and students in the
fields of discourse studies, communication and cultural studies,
and development studies.
Against the backdrop of overwhelming discourse scholarship
emanating from the Western cosmopolitan centres, this volume offers
a development-centred approach to unfamiliar, marginalized or
otherwise disadvantaged discourses of the Third World or the Global
South. Written by leading researchers based in Asia, Africa and
Latin America, respectively, this book reconstructs Eastern
paradigms of communication studies on the one hand and explores the
discursive problems, complexities, aspirations, and dynamics of the
non-Western, subaltern, and developing societies on the other. As
methodological principles, the authors i) adopt the
cultural-political stance of supporting cultural diversity and
harmony at both academic and everyday levels, ii) draw upon Asian,
African and Latino scholarship in critical dialogue with the
existing mainstream traditions, and iii) make sense of the
discourses of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their own local
as well as global, historical and intercultural, perspectives. This
book will particularly appeal to scholars and students in the
fields of discourse studies, communication and cultural studies,
and development studies.
Diploma Thesis from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics
- Investment and Finance, grade: 1,0, University of Applied
Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (Wirtschaft), language: English,
abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Summary: Throughout the past three years,
China has become the number one country for investment, attracting
more foreign direct investment than the USA. New laws allow foreign
companies to acquire Chinese enterprises. Through telephone
interviews the authors collected information on the current
activities and future plans of 37 Swiss manufacturing companies in
China. How do traditionally export-oriented manufacturing companies
see this situation? What are their strategies? Do they consider
Mergers & Acquistion (M&A) as a strategic option? The paper
shows the results of a survey on the China activities of Swiss
manufacturing companies up to 4000 employees, conducted by two
students of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern
Switzerland in 2003. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Table of Contents: LIST OF
GRAPHSI ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIII EXECUTIVE
SUMMARYIV INTRODUCTION1 1.Goal of the survey1 2.Structure of the
paper1 I.GENERAL PART3 1.Foreign Investment Forms in China3 2.FDI -
New way to introduce Foreign fund in China5 3.Definition of Mergers
& Acquisition (M&A)6 4.Competitiveness of Manufacturing
Industry7 4.1Home base - Switzerland7 4.2Manufacturing Industry in
China8 4.3Trade of the Swiss manufacturing industry with China9
II.SURVEY PART12 1.Methodology12 2.Sample Profile of Swiss
Manufacturing Companies14 2.1How we defined our sample14
2.2Definition our sample companies15 2.3Profile of the interviewed
companies15 SURVEY A - INDUSTRY OVERVIEW23 1.Legal forms23
2.Importance of the business in China25 3.Business activities in
China25 4.Years active in China26 5.Profitability of investment in
China28 6.Expansion plan in China for the coming 5 years28
7.Summary of Survey A - Industry overview31 SURVEY B - CHINA
STRATEGY32 1.Consulti
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