Challenges to Asian public intellectuals
Kuo reflects upon the Pacific War and what he feels holds post-war Japanese culture back from attaining “genuine greatness,” given a capacity enabled by its early modernising efforts for “the liberation of the self, the democratisation of society and … the realisation of the knowledge-based mode of...
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| author | Kuo, Pao Kun Wee, C. J. Wan-Ling |
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| description | Kuo reflects upon the Pacific War and what he feels holds post-war Japanese culture back from attaining “genuine greatness,” given a capacity enabled by its early modernising efforts for “the liberation of the self, the democratisation of society and … the realisation of the knowledge-based mode of production and exchange.” He also argues that nations in East and Southeast Asia share a similar socio-political “baggage with Japan — chiefly the semi-feudal [and also nationalistic] culture which impedes our [joint] fuller entry into modernity.” The challenge for Asian intellectuals — and particularly for Southeast Asians with their complex and multiple cultural makeup — is to initiate dialogue as to how regional diversity and “civilisational assets” can be turned into a “living multiculture” that will be an advantage for “the region’s long-term progress and prosperity.”. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1556052022-03-16T08:32:07Z Challenges to Asian public intellectuals Kuo, Pao Kun Wee, C. J. Wan-Ling School of Humanities Humanities::History Creativity and Culture War and Southeast and East Asia Kuo reflects upon the Pacific War and what he feels holds post-war Japanese culture back from attaining “genuine greatness,” given a capacity enabled by its early modernising efforts for “the liberation of the self, the democratisation of society and … the realisation of the knowledge-based mode of production and exchange.” He also argues that nations in East and Southeast Asia share a similar socio-political “baggage with Japan — chiefly the semi-feudal [and also nationalistic] culture which impedes our [joint] fuller entry into modernity.” The challenge for Asian intellectuals — and particularly for Southeast Asians with their complex and multiple cultural makeup — is to initiate dialogue as to how regional diversity and “civilisational assets” can be turned into a “living multiculture” that will be an advantage for “the region’s long-term progress and prosperity.”. 2022-03-16T08:31:05Z 2022-03-16T08:31:05Z 2020 Journal Article Kuo, P. K. & Wee, C. J. W. (2020). Challenges to Asian public intellectuals. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 21(2), 199-211. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2020.1759878 1464-9373 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155605 10.1080/14649373.2020.1759878 2-s2.0-85087556124 2 21 199 211 en Inter-Asia Cultural Studies © 1997 The Estate of Kuo Pao Kun. All Rights Reserved. |
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