Asian power and politics : the cultural dimensions of authority / Lucian W. Pye with Mary W. Pye.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, c1985.Description: xiii, 414 p. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0674049799
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BSOP Library | GC | JQ36 P99 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00062944 |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [347]-396.
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Asia and Theories of Development -- 2. The Evolution of Asian Concepts of Power -- 3. East Asia: Varieties of Confucian Authority -- 4. Southeast Asia: From God-Kings to the Power of Personal Connections -- 5. The South Asian Subcontinent: Hindu and Muslim Power and the Rewards of Narcissism -- 6. The Riddle of Japan: The Combining of Competition and Consensus -- 7. China: The Illusion of Omnipotence -- 8. Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam: Forms of Aggressive Confucianism -- 9. Malaysia: Confrontation of Two Incompatible Cultures 10. Islamic Power: The Pulls of Reformism and Fundamentalism11. The Substance of Asian Power: Formal Structures and Informal Relations -- 12. Paternalistic Authority and the Triumph of Dependency -- Notes -- Index
