The Discursive Construction of Southeast Asia in 19th Century Colonial-Capitalist Discourse
Author | : Farish A. Noor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9048527481 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789048527489 |
Rating | : 4/5 (489 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Discursive Construction of Southeast Asia in 19th Century Colonial-Capitalist Discourse written by Farish A. Noor and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nations of Southeast Asia today are rapidly integrating economically and politically, but that integration is also counterbalanced by forces ranging from hyper-nationalism to disputes over cultural ownership throughout the region. Those forces, Farish A. Noor argues in this book, have their roots in the region's failure to come to a critical understanding of how current national and cultural identities in the region came about. To remedy that, Noor offers a close account of the construction of Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century by the forces of capitalism and imperialism, and shows how that construct remains a potent aspect of political, economic, and cultural disputes today.