This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives that explore its impact on the West and its position as a new type of globalization. The book views the West as a sum of all its representations - as an idea, an essentialism, a set of images, a frame of reference, a cultural metaphor, a discursive polarity, as well as a spread of geographically locatable regions, both central and peripheral. With contributions from both Asian and European scholars, this volume advances literature on the East beyond Orientalism through the emerging lens of Occidentalism. INDICE: List of Illustrations.Acknowledgements.Notes on Contributors.PART I: INTRODUCTION; .S. Nair-Venugopal.PART II: DEFINING PARAMETERS: BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS; .S.Nair-Venugopal.Going beyond Boundedness; .A.Merican.The Refashioning of the West or a Reframing of the East? .S.Nair-Venugopal.&. L.Hui.Part III: RUMINATIONS.Philosophizing the Other, and Philosophies of the Other; .A.Merican.Framings of the East: Rebranding Beliefs and Religions; .L.Hui.Knowledge, Scholarship and Methodologies: A Viewpoint; .S.A.B.Historical Narratives ofthe Colonised: The Noble Savage of Sarawak; .B.Philip.The Mutual Gaze: Japan,the West and Business Management and Training; .F.Bargiela-Chiappini.& .L.Hui.The Occidental Gaze of the Globalised Workplace; .S.Paramasivam.& .S.Nair-Venugopal.Re-gazing the West in the Mirror: An Eastern Perspective; .O.Liu.Interpreting Mosque Architecture in the 20th Century: Trapped between Two Worlds; .M.Rasdi.Global Hybrids? "Eastern Traditions" of Health and Wellness in the West; .S.Newcombe.From Gastronomic Decolonisation to the World's Gastronomies; .J.Poulain.References.Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-230-30292-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido