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



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Autore: Acharya Amitav Visualizza persona
Titolo: Civilizations in embrace : the spread of ideas and the transformation of power : India and Southeast Asia in the classical age / / Amitav Acharya Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2013
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
Disciplina: 303.48254059
Soggetto topico: Staatsideologie
Kulturkontakt
König
Hinduismus
Buddhismus
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Soggetto geografico: Southeast Asia Civilization Indic influences
Southeast Asia Relations India
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Civilizations in embrace  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 981-4379-74-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464475703321
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