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  • Truly Human

    Indigeneity and Indigenous Resurgence on Formosa

    par Scott E. Simon ...
    Collections series Anthropological Horizons
    The Sediq and Truku Indigenous peoples on the mountainous island of Formosa – today called Taiwan – say that their ancestors emerged in the beginning of time from Pusu Qhuni, a tree-covered boulder in the highlands. Living in the mountain forests, they observed the sacred law of Gaya, seeking equilibrium with other humans, the spirits, animals, and plants. They developed a politics in which each ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Feathered Entanglements

    Human-Bird Relations in the Anthropocene

    Modifié par Scott E. Simon, Frédéric Laugrand ...
    As they migrated across great distances, ancient humans may have used birdsong and bird sightings to find food and water in unseen territory. Today, attending to birds helps scientists track not only avian migration but also environmental change. Birds remain our sentinels.Feathered Entanglements offers a rich tapestry of human-bird relations across the Indo-Pacific. In this era of uncontrolled ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Indigenous Reconciliation in Contemporary Taiwan

    From Stigma to Hope

    Modifié par Scott E. Simon, Jolan Hsieh, Peter Kang ...
    Collections series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    This book draws attention to the issues of Indigenous justice and reconciliation in Taiwan, exploring how Indigenous actors affirm their rights through explicitly political and legal strategies, but also through subtle forms of justice work in films, language instruction, museums, and handicraft production.Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples have been colonized by successive external regimes, mobilized ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

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    par James C. Scott ...
    For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them—slavery, conscription, taxes, corvée labor, epidemics, and warfare. This book, essentially an “anarchist history,” is the first-ever examination of the huge ... En savoir plus

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  • Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power

    par Xuetong Yan ...
    Traduit par Edmund Ryden ...
    Collections series The Princeton-China Series
    From China's most influential foreign policy thinker, a vision for a "Beijing Consensus" for international relationsThe rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy ... En savoir plus

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  • From the Soil

    The Foundations of Chinese Society

    par Xiaotong Fei ...
    This classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, From the Soil describes the contrasting organizational principles of Chinese and Western societies, thereby conveying the essential ... En savoir plus

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  • Asia as Method

    Toward Deimperialization

    par Kuan-Hsing Chen ...
    Centering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global endeavor. He argues that the intellectual and subjective work of decolonization begun across East Asia after the Second World War was stalled by the cold war. At the same time, the work of deimperialization became impossible to imagine in imperial ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Asian Anthropology

    Modifié par Jan Van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas ...
    Collections series Anthropology of Asia
    Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed ... En savoir plus

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  • Sinicization and the Rise of China

    Civilizational Processes Beyond East and West

    Modifié par Peter J. Katzenstein ...
    China’s rise and processes of Sinicization suggest that recombination of new and old elements rather than a total rupture with or return to the past is China’s likely future. In both space and time, civilizational politics offers the broadest social context. It is of particular salience in China. Reification of civilizations into simple categories such as East and West is widespread in everyday ... En savoir plus

    $71.99 CAD

  • Confucian Perfectionism

    A Political Philosophy for Modern Times

    par Joseph Chan ...
    Collections series The Princeton-China Series
    "This splendid book makes a powerful case that Confucianism has much to contribute to contemporary political thought and practice the world over." —Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan UniversitySince the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance ... En savoir plus

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  • Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

    Comparative and Historical Colonialism

    par Jan van Bremen, Akitoshi Shimizu ...
    Collections series Anthropology of Asia
    For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And this insinuation was assumed to somehow weaken the theoretical claims of anthropology and its fieldwork achievements. What this collection demonstrates is that colonialism was not only a Western phenomenon, but 'Eastern' as well. And that Japanese or ... En savoir plus

    $94.99 CAD

  • Sinophone Studies

    A Critical Reader

    Modifié par Shu-mei Shih, Chien-hsin Tsai, Brian Bernards ...
    Collections series Global Chinese Culture
    This definitive anthology casts Sinophone studies as the study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Ien Ang, Wei-ming Tu, and David Wang address debates concerning the nature of Chineseness while introducing readers to essential readings in Tibetan, Malaysian, Taiwanese, French, Caribbean, and ... En savoir plus

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