Human Rights and Asian Values: Contesting National Identities and Cultural Representations in Asia (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Studies in Asian Topics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: October 26, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780700712137
Subjects: Asian studies; Cultural studies; Human rights; Political structure & processes; Sociology; General; Congresses; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Social values; East Asia, Far East; South East Asia; Political Science / General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Asie; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - General; Asia; Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
First sentence: Between 1964 and 1966, when I was a finishing graduate student living in a dormitory at Taiwan University in the city of Taipei, I learned a lesson about democracy.