ebooks Spirituality and the Occult by Brian Gibbons in History

Description

Cultural Politics and Asian Values looks at the political; cultural and religious background of East and Southeast Asian societies and those of 'the West'; with a view to seeing how they are affecting contemporary national and international politics: democratization; the international human rights discourse; NGOs and globalization.The book surveys the political history and pre-history of the 'Asian values' debate; taking it up to the era of Megawati Sukarnoputri; Chen Shui-bian and Kim Dae-jung. In chapters on Confucianism; Buddhism; Islam; Christianity and liberalism; Barr explores the histories and conceptual essences of the world religions involved in or affected by the debate.