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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464475703321

Autore

Acharya Amitav

Titolo

Civilizations in embrace : the spread of ideas and the transformation of power : India and Southeast Asia in the classical age / / Amitav Acharya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

981-4379-74-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Nalanda-Sriwijaya research series

Disciplina

303.48254059

Soggetti

Staatsideologie

Kulturkontakt

König

Hinduismus

Buddhismus

HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia

Electronic books.

Southeast Asia Civilization Indic influences

Southeast Asia Relations India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Debating Indian Influence in Southeast Asia -- 3 "Indianization", "Localization" or "Convergence"? -- 4 Understanding How and Why Ideas Spread -- 5 "Hellenization" of the Mediterranean compared to "Indianization" of Southeast Asia: Two Paradigms of Cultural Diffusion? -- 6 Final Thoughts -- Photo Section -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study revisits one of the most extensive examples of the spread of ideas in the history of civilization: the diffusion of Indian religious and political ideas to Southeast Asia before the advent of Islam and European colonialism. Hindu and Buddhist concepts and symbols of kingship and statecraft helped to legitimize Southeast Asian rulers, and transform the political institutions and authority of Southeast Asia. But



the process of this diffusion was not accompanied by imperialism, political hegemony, or "colonization" as conventionally understood. This book investigates different explanations of the spread of Indian ideas offered by scholars, including why and how it occurred and what were its key political and institutional outcomes. It challenges the view that strategic competition is a recurring phenomenon when civilizations encounter each other.