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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958296403321

Autore

Pye Lucian W. <1921-2008.>

Titolo

Asian power and politics : the cultural dimensions of authority / / Lucian W. Pye with Mary W. Pye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press, 1985

ISBN

0-674-04241-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

PyeMary W

Disciplina

306/.2/095

Soggetti

Authority

Legitimacy of governments - Asia

Paternalism - Asia

Asia Social conditions

Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Fundamentalism

11. The Substance of Asian Power: Formal Structures and Informal Relations 12. Paternalistic Authority and the Triumph of Dependency; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Pye reconceptualizes Asian political development as a product of cultural attitudes about power and authority. He contrasts the great traditions of Confucian East Asia with the Southeast Asian cultures and the South Asian traditions of Hinduism and Islam, and explores the national differences within these larger civilizations.