03003nam 2200661Ia 450 991109105110332120260607122331.00-674-04241-710.4159/9780674042414(CKB)1000000000805628(EBL)3300642(OCoLC)923112555(SSID)ssj0000106409(PQKBManifestationID)11131070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106409(PQKBWorkID)10111213(PQKB)11109917(Au-PeEL)EBL3300642(CaPaEBR)ebr10328820(MiAaPQ)EBC3300642(DE-B1597)571803(DE-B1597)9780674042414(EXLCZ)99100000000080562819851206d1985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAsian power and politics the cultural dimensions of authority /Lucian W. Pye with Mary W. Pye1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press19851 online resource (xiii, 414 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-04979-9 9780674049789 Includes bibliography and index.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; IndexPye 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.AuthorityLegitimacy of governmentsAsiaPaternalismAsiaAsiaSocial conditionsAsiaPolitics and governmentAuthority.Legitimacy of governmentsPaternalism306/.2/095Pye Lucian W.1921-2008.120118Pye Mary W1965064MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911091051103321Asian power and politics4728512UNINA