Wang, Hui. <br/><br/>
The Politics of Imagining Asia. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (369 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Politics of Imagining Asia -- 2. How to Explain "China" and Its "Modernity": Rethinking The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought -- 3. Local Forms, Vernacular Dialects, and the War of Resistance against Japan: The "National Forms" Debate -- 4. The "Tibetan Question" East and West: Orientalism, Regional Ethnic Autonomy, and the  Politics of Dignity -- 5. Okinawa and Two Dramatic Changes to the Regional Order -- 6. Weber and the Question of Chinese Modernity -- Notes -- Credits -- Index. 
<br/><br/> One of China's most influential intellectuals questions the validity of thinking about Chinese history and its legacy from a Western conceptual framework. Wang Hui argues that we need to more fully understand China's past in order to imagine alternative ways of conceiving Asia and world order. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674061354 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Modern.<br/>Comparative civilization.<br/>Historiography-Political aspects-East Asia.<br/>East Asia-Civilization.<br/>East Asia-Relations-Western countries.<br/>Western countries-Relations-East Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS509 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>950.072