Description - Civilization, Nation and Modernity in East Asia by Chih-Yu Shih
This book explores the crisis of self-confidence which has assaulted Asian countries since Western countries began to have a profound impact on Asia in the nineteenth century. Confronted by Western "civilization" and by "modernity", Asian countries have been compelled to rethink their own identity, and to consider how they should relate to Western "civilization" and "modernity". The result, the author argues, has been a redefining by Asian countries of their own character as nations, and an adaptation of "civilization" and "modernity" to their own special conditions. Asian nations, the author contends, have thereby engaged with the West and with modernity, but on their own terms, and in a way in which they retain their sense of self-respect, avoiding a sense of inferiority. Drawing on postmodern theory, civilizational politics, Confucian and other traditional Asian thought, and the actual experiences of Asian countries, especially China and Japan, the author demonstrates that Asian countries' quest for a postmodern national identity is every bit as key a part of "the rise of Asia" as economic growth or greater international political activity.
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