The Asian Modern
Subtitle: Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press; Eurospan [distributor
Published: December 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9789622098596
Subjects: Asian studies; Cultural studies; ASIA; Asia - General; Sociology - General; History; History: World
Description: How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context? With this opening question, the author proceeds to give an account of how the modernization processes for postcolonial societies in Asia, such as those of India, Malaysia, and Singapore, are fraught with collaborations and conflicts between different socio-political, historical, economic, and cultural agents.