Asian power and politics : (Record no. 62370)

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fixed length control field 02266nam a2200217 4500
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ISBN 0674049780 (alk. paper)
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306.2095
Item number PYE/A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Pye, Lucian W
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Asian power and politics :
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, Mass. :
Name of publisher Belknap Press,
Year of publication 1985.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xiii, 414 p. ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc In a major new book, Lucian W. Pye reconceptualizes Asian political development as a product of cultural attitudes about power and authority. He contrasts the great traditions of Confucian East Asia with the Southeast Asian cultures and the South Asian traditions of Hinduism and Islam, and explores the national differences within these larger civilizations.<br/><br/>Breaking with modern political theory, Pye believes that power differs profoundly from one culture to another. In Asia the masses of the people are group-oriented and respectful of authority, while their leaders are more concerned with dignity and upholding collective pride than with problem-solving. As culture decides the course of political development, Pye shows how Asian societies, confronted with the task of setting up modern nation-states, respond by fashioning paternalistic forms of power that satisfy their deep psychological craving for security. This new paternalism may appear essentially authoritarian to Western eyes, but Pye maintains that it is a valid response to the people’s needs and will ensure community solidarity and strong group loyalties. He predicts that we are certain to see emerging from Asia’s accelerating transformation some new version of modern society that may avoid many of the forms of tension common to Western civilization but may also produce a whole new set of problems.<br/><br/>This book revitalizes Asian political studies on a plane that comprehends the large differences between Asia and the West and at the same time is sensitive to the subtle variations among the many Asian cultures. Its comparative perspective will provide indispensable insights to anyone who wishes to think more deeply about the modern Asian states.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Authority
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Topical Term Legitimacy of governments
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Topical Term Paternalism
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pye, Mary W.
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Koha item type BK
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control field 2385574
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 85002581
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Kannur University Central Library Stack 16/09/2021 306.2095 PYE/A 53206 BK

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