CMNS 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sinology, Indigenous Peoples, Eurocentrism
22 Jun 2018
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CMNS 443 Seminar #2
The many meanings of Asia
Asian Pacific Studies in an Age of Society
Battle of ideologies: USSR vs USA
Communism and capitalism
Changing of power
The end of the cold war has played a significant role in the formation of
globalization
As the only major superpower, USA has a great influence to impose its
ideology
Appearance of new centers of economic powers: Pacific Rim
Modernity= the west= globalization
Global modernity= globalization and the fragmentation of capitalism
modernity
3 main approaches of globalization:
1. Modernization (through the mass media)
2. Cultural imperialism (aka Americanization)
One specific country is dominant in hegemonic culture
One way flow of information from one country to the rest of the world
(top down)
3. Cultural Globalization (hybridization)
Two-way flow of information
Importance of Pacific Rim
Trades between the West and Asia
Pacific Rim= Russia, China, southeast Asia, Australia & Oceania, North
America, Central America and Argentina?
Post Soviet Union:
“Communist” countries opened their markets to USA
Significance increase of American economies
US exports to Asia exceeded those to Europe
5 AREAS OF STUDIES that define Asian Studies as…
Civilizational studies:
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Identifies entire societies and regions with their most conservative elements
(p. 162)
Oceanic studies
‘ocean centered’ view of history
asianization of Asian studies
the core region for the study of Asia must be the Asian region itself
Diasporic Studies
“chineseness”
indigenous studies
escapee from colonial oppression
A new Cosmopolitian reading
Cosmopolitianism: an ideology that all human beings belong to a single
community, based on shared morality
Offers critiques on current forms of cultural exchange and dialogue
Critiques the definition of cosmpolitianism that is widespread because, for
him, “considers Western culture to be definitionally universal and therefore
automatically cosmopolitan”
Believes that the west has ruined Asian with acts such as colonialism (the
belief that Asia will never be the same in the sense)
Modernity an introduction to modern societies
“the west”
sounds geographic a concept
four functions of the west
classification
image
standard/model
ranking
the rest
the term “the west” cannot exists without the comparison or analogy
between “the west” and “the others”
historical summary of the European expansion
growing internal cohesion of the west
analysis of theoretical foundations
discourse is a decentralized formation of power
production of knowledge through language
discursive knowledge: production of meaning
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Document Summary
Asian pacific studies in an age of society. The end of the cold war has played a significant role in the formation of globalization. As the only major superpower, usa has a great influence to impose its ideology. Appearance of new centers of economic powers: pacific rim. Global modernity= globalization and the fragmentation of capitalism modernity. 3 main approaches of globalization: modernization (through the mass media, cultural imperialism (aka americanization) One specific country is dominant in hegemonic culture. One way flow of information from one country to the rest of the world (top down: cultural globalization (hybridization) Pacific rim= russia, china, southeast asia, australia & oceania, north. Us exports to asia exceeded those to europe. 5 areas of studies that define asian studies as . Identifies entire societies and regions with their most conservative elements (p. 162) Ocean centered" view of history asianization of asian studies the core region for the study of asia must be the asian region itself.
