HILD 12- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)
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Oh: hss 3040 mondays, 2:30-4pm | lin yang: wednesday, 9:30-11:30am. How did east asia become a discrete category and an object of analysis: imperialism, containment, the neoliberal university. Euro and american imperialism transformed the way local politicians and intellectuals though about knowledge, their societies, and the past. Emphasize and remember that this is not one sided. Cannot deny the overwhelming influence of westerners on east asia. Toyoshi in japan: a field of study that could give the national past equivalence with european pasts. Give japan a respectable past; something they needed to achieve. He argues that this was an important process in asia"s development. The development of area studies programs in the united states during the cold war led to the production of positivistic knowledge about east asia. Idea of obtaining a scientific understanding of ourselves and of our enemies would help us fight the cold war. Focus on the future: building allies and containing enemies.
